Effect of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on anthropometry and blood pressure in mid-childhood in Nepal: follow-up of a double-blind randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2002-04, we did a randomised controlled trial in southern Nepal, and reported that children born to mothers taking multiple micronutrient supplements during pregnancy had a mean birthweight 77 g greater than children born to mothers taking iron and folic acid supplements. Children born to mothers in the study group were a mean 204 g heavier at 2·5 years of age and their systolic blood pressure was a mean 2·5 mm Hg lower than children born to mothers in the control group. We aimed to follow up the same children to mid-childhood (age 8·5 years) to investigate whether these differences would be sustained.

Methods

For this follow-up study, we identified children from the original trial and measured anthropometry, body composition with bioelectrical impedance (with

SUBMITTER: Devakumar D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4224012 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature