Cumulative Febrile, Respiratory, and Gastrointestinal Illness Among Infants in Rural Guatemala and Association With Neurodevelopmental and Growth Outcomes.
Cumulative Febrile, Respiratory, and Gastrointestinal Illness Among Infants in Rural Guatemala and Association With Neurodevelopmental and Growth Outcomes.
复制标题
危地马拉农村地区婴儿的累积发热、呼吸系统和胃肠道疾病及其与神经发育和生长结果的关系。
DOI:
10.1097/inf.0000000000004006
复制
发表时间:
2023
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
Natrajan,
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Olson,Daniel;Lamb,MollyM;Connery,AmyK;Colbert,AlisonM;Calvimontes,DivaM;Bauer,Desiree;Paniagua-Avila,MAlejandra;Martínez,MaríaAlejandra;Arroyave,Paola;Hernandez,Sara;Colborn,KathrynL;Roell,Yannik;Waggoner,JesseJ;Natrajan,
Background:Infectious disease exposures in early life are increasingly recognized as a risk factor for poor subsequent growth and neurodevelopment. We aimed to evaluate the association between cumulative illness with neurodevelopment and growth outcomes in a birth cohort of Guatemalan infants.Methods:From June 2017 to July 2018, infants 0–3 months of age living in a resource-limited region of rural southwest Guatemala were enrolled and underwent weekly at-home surveillance for caregiver-reported cough, fever, and vomiting/diarrhea. They also underwent anthropometric assessments and neurodevelopmental testing with the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL) at enrollment, 6 months, and 1 year.Results:Of 499 enrolled infants, 430 (86.2%) completed all study procedures and were included in the analysis. At 12–15 months of age, 140 (32.6%) infants had stunting (length-for-age Z [LAZ] score<–2 SD) and 72 (16.7%) had microcephaly (occipital-frontal circumference [OFC]<–2 SD). In multivariable analysis, greater cumulative instances of reported cough illness (beta=–0.08/illness-week, P= 0.06) and febrile illness (beta=–0.36/illness-week, P< 0.001) were marginally or significantly associated with lower MSEL Early Learning Composite (ELC) Score at 12–15 months, respectively; there was no association with any illness (cough, fever, and/or vomiting/diarrhea; P= 0.27) or with cumulative instances of diarrheal/vomiting illness alone (P= 0.66). No association was shown between cumulative instances of illness and stunting or microcephaly at 12–15 months.Conclusions:These findings highlight the negative cumulative consequences of frequent febrile and respiratory illness on neurodevelopment during infancy. Future studies should explore pathogen-specific illnesses, host response associated with these syndromic illnesses, and their association with neurodevelopment.