Infant iron deficiency, iron supplementation, and psychosocial stress as predictors of neurocognitive development in Chilean adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Objective: The aim of the current study was to examine the unique and joint contributions of iron deficiency, iron supplementation, and psychosocial stress in infancy and stress in adolescence to neurocognitive functioning in adolescence.Methods: The current study (N = 796; M_age = 14.4y) involved a prospective cohort of low- and middle-socioeconomic status adolescents in Santiago, Chile. As infants, they had participated in an iron supplementation trial. Infant iron status was assessed at 12-18 months, and mothers answered questions about family psychosocial stress at 6-12 months and in adolescence (maternal depressive symptoms, home support for child development, stressful life events, father absence, socioeconomic status, and parental education). Ne

SUBMITTER: Doom JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007823 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature