Level of exposure to aflatoxins during pregnancy and its association with adverse birth outcomes in Africa: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aflatoxins are various poisonous carcinogens and mutagens produced by Aspergillus species. Exposure to aflatoxins during pregnancy results in adverse birth outcomes. This meta-analysis was carried out to determine the estimates of how much aflatoxin is harmful to the pregnancy and its outcome, including birthweight, birth length, low birthweight (LBW), small for gestational age (SGA), stunting, poverty, food insecurity, income, pesticides and stillbirth, in an African context.

Methods

Both published and unpublished studies in Africa were searched on MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, SCOPUS, Web of Science and Google Scholar. Stata version 18.2 software was used for cleaning and analysis. The prevalence with a 95% confidence interval (CI) was estimated using the random effe

SUBMITTER: Hassen JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11532673 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature