Nutritional, Socioeconomic, and Delivery Characteristics Are Associated with Neurodevelopment in Tanzanian Children.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the hypothesis that various maternal, socioeconomic, delivery, and infant nutritional characteristics are associated with early childhood development in young Tanzanian children. STUDY DESIGN:We performed a prospective cohort study among 206 HIV-exposed, uninfected and 247 HIV-unexposed Tanzanian infants who had been enrolled in 2 separate micronutrient trials (NCT00197730 and NCT00421668). Trained nurses administered culturally modified Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, 3rd edition (BSID-III), to evaluate cognitive, motor, and language development at 15 months of age. This analysis explored predictors of BSID-III z-scores using multivariable linear regression. RESULTS:Among maternal determinants, we found that low maternal height predicted all BSID-II

SUBMITTER: Blakstad MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6440850 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature