Consequences of prenatal geophagy for maternal prenatal health, risk of childhood geophagy and child psychomotor development.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the relationship between prenatal geophagy, maternal prenatal haematological indices, malaria, helminth infections and cognitive and motor development among offspring.

Methods

At least a year after delivery, 552 of 863 HIV-negative mothers with singleton births who completed a clinical trial comparing the efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and mefloquine during pregnancy in Allada, Benin, responded to a nutrition questionnaire including their geophagous habits during pregnancy. During the clinical trial, helminth infection, malaria, haemoglobin and ferritin concentrations were assessed at 1st and 2nd antenatal care visits (ANV) and at delivery. After the first ANV, women were administered daily iron and folic acid supplements until three what? pos

SUBMITTER: Mireku MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6103800 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature