Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation and Long Term Health Impact in Children in Rural Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited data is available on the role of prenatal nutritional status on the health of school-age children. We aimed to determine the impact of maternal micronutrient supplementation on the health status of Bangladeshi children.

Methods

Children (8.6-9.6 years; n = 540) were enrolled from a longitudinal mother-child cohort, where mothers were supplemented daily with either 30mg iron and 400μg folic acid (Fe30F), or 60mg iron and 400μg folic acid (Fe60F), or Fe30F including 15 micronutrients (MM), in rural Matlab. Blood was collected from children to determine the concentration of hemoglobin (Hb) and several micronutrients. Anthropometric and Hb data from these children were also available at 4.5 years of age and mothers at gestational week (GW) 14 and 30.

Result

SUBMITTER: Mannan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4990280 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature