INCREASED BIRTH-WEIGHT AFTER PRENATAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF RURAL AFRICAN WOMEN
INCREASED BIRTH-WEIGHT AFTER PRENATAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF RURAL AFRICAN WOMEN
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DOI:
10.1093/ajcn/46.6.912
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发表时间:
1987-12-01
影响因子:
7.1
通讯作者:
WHITEHEAD, RG
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作者:
PRENTICE, AM;COLE, TJ;WHITEHEAD, RG
Birthweight data from 197 rural Gambian women who received an energy-dense prenatal dietary supplement over a 4-y period (net intake = 430 kcal/d) was compared with data from 182 women from 4 baseline years. Preintervention birthweights averaged 2944 .+-. 43 (SEM) g when women were in positive energy balance during the dry harvest season (pregnancy weight gain > 1200 g/mo). Birthweights decreased to 2808 .+-. 41 g (p < 0.01) in the wet season when food shortages and agricultural work caused negative balance (weight gain < 500 g/mo). There were no detectable secular trends in the baseline data. Supplementation was ineffective during the dry season but highly effective during the wet season: +225 .+-. 56 g, p < 0.001 (unadjusted) or +200 .+-. 53 g, p < 0.001 (adjusted for sex, season, and parity) by between-child multiple regression analysis; +231 .+-. 65 g, p < 0.001 by within-mother analysis. The proportion of low-birthweight babies (< 2501 g) decreased from 23.7-7.5%, p < 0.002. The observed threshold effect emphasizes the importance of selective targeting of interventions to truly at-risk groups.