Early life risk factors of motor, cognitive and language development: a pooled analysis of studies from low/middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the magnitude of relationships of early life factors with child development in low/middle-income countries (LMICs).

Design

Meta-analyses of standardised mean differences (SMDs) estimated from published and unpublished data.

Data sources

We searched Medline, bibliographies of key articles and reviews, and grey literature to identify studies from LMICs that collected data on early life exposures and child development. The most recent search was done on 4 November 2014. We then invited the first authors of the publications and investigators of unpublished studies to participate in the study.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Studies that assessed at least one domain of child development in at least 100 children under 7 years of age

SUBMITTER: Sania A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797384 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature