Data for Human milk lactoferrin variation in relation to maternal inflammation and iron deficiency in northern Kenya

This file contains the data utilized for a journal manuscript, "Human milk lactoferrin variation in relation to maternal inflammation and iron deficiency in northern Kenya" by Fujita, Wander, Paredes Ruvalcaba, and Odo, currently under review for publication. Data are found under the Data tab, and the variable coding information under the Code tab.

Please contact Fujita (masakof@msu.edu) for questions regarding the data.

In using the data, please cite the DOI for this file and the above-mentioned article. Also, please acknowledge the following parties for grant support:

   National Science Foundation (BCS-0622358, BCS-1638167);

   Wenner-Gren Foundation (Gr. 7460, Gr. 9278);

   African Futures Research Leadership Program of the Alliances for African Partnership, Michigan   State University; and

   Provost Undergraduate Research Initiative Grant, Michigan State University 

The data originates in the 2006 fieldwork among the Ariaal people in northern Kenya under approvals by the institutional review boards of the University of Washington and Kenya Medical Research Institute. The lactoferrin concentration in milk was determined more recently using de-identified milk specimens, and as such required no further approvals.