About the Authors

María José Soto-Méndez

clinicanutricion@gmail.com

Affiliation Center for the Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging, and Metabolism–CeSSIAM- Guatemala City, Guatemala

María Eugenia Romero-Abal

Affiliation Center for the Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging, and Metabolism–CeSSIAM- Guatemala City, Guatemala

Concepción María Aguilera

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Center of Biomedical Research, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

María Cruz Rico

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Center of Biomedical Research, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

Noel W. Solomons

Affiliation Center for the Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging, and Metabolism–CeSSIAM- Guatemala City, Guatemala

Klaus Schümann

Affiliation Molecular Nutrition Unit, ZIEL, Research Center for Nutrition and Food Science, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany

Angel Gil

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Center of Biomedical Research, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

Competing Interests

Calprotectin kits were kindly donated by CALPRO AS, Lysaker, Norway. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NWS KS AG. Performed the experiments: MERA CMA MCR. Analyzed the data: MJSM. Wrote the paper: MJSM NWS KS AG. Performed field work: MJSM MERA.