Cohort profile: the Maharashtra Anaemia Study 3 (MAS 3)-a maternal-child cohort study up to age 18 years in India.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Maharashtra Anaemia Study 3 (MAS 3) aims to (1) Investigate the nutritional, environmental, and economic impacts on haemoglobin concentration/anaemia, (2) Identify the underlying micronutrient causes of anaemia and (3) Investigate the association between anaemia and physical and cognitive development of Indian children during their first 18 years of life. This paper introduces the MAS 3 cohort, which consists of data collected from the participants in the prospective Pune Maternal Nutrition Study from the antenatal period to children at 18 years of age (1996-2014) in the Maharashtra state, India.

Participants

Recruitment of 2466 married non-pregnant women, and their husbands, took place between June 1994 and April 1996 in six villages, approximately 50 km from Pu

SUBMITTER: Benavente MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12570902 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature