Recommended for study, and included in the cohort evaluation protocol: |
Anthropometric measures: age-standardized height, weight, body mass index (BMI), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) [16,17,18] |
 Exercise tolerance measured by 20-m shuttle run (beep) test [23,24,25,26] |
 Health-related quality-of-life, measured by standardized PedsQL survey instrument [27, 28] |
 Ultrasonography of the abdomen and liver (S. mansoni) or of the kidneys and bladder (S. haematobium), using standardized protocols [29, 30] |
Considered, but not selected for study: |
Individual-level outcomes |
 Indicators of the mechanism for anemia: Zinc protoporphyrin, ferritin, hepcidin, C-reactive protein, Interleukin-6 [14, 31, 32] |
 Volitional activity (e.g., as measured by accelerometers, fitness trackers) [33, 34] |
 School performance, school completion rates [19] |
 Serologic measures of collagen metabolism [36] |
 Urine abnormalities, e.g., albuminuria, hematuria [3, 37] |
 Eosinophilic cationic protein (ECP) in urine [38] |
Household or Population-level outcomes |
 Changes in religious participation [39] |
 Health system utilization [40] |
 Household income, productivity, work yield [22] |
 Vaccine responses in babies [43] |