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dc.contributor.authorRothman, Marinel
dc.contributor.authorFaber, Mieke
dc.contributor.authorCovic, Namukolo
dc.contributor.authorMatsungo, Tonderayi M.
dc.contributor.authorCockeran, Marike
dc.contributor.authorSmuts, Cornelius M.
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-01T12:10:57Z
dc.date.available2018-03-01T12:10:57Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationRothman, M. et al. 2018. Infant development at the age of 6 months in relation to feeding practices, iron status, and growth in a peri-urban community of South Africa. Nutrients, 10(1): #73. [https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10010073]en_US
dc.identifier.issn2072-6643 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/26469
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/1/73
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/nu10010073
dc.description.abstractBackground: Evidence on the association between feeding practices, iron deficiency, anaemia, stunting, and impaired psychomotor development during infancy is limited. This study assessed the association between psychomotor development with early feeding practices, growth, iron status, and anaemia. Methods: This was cross-sectional baseline data of a randomised controlled trial which included 6-month-old infants and their mothers or primary caregivers (n = 750) in a peri-urban community in the North West province of South Africa. The Kilifi Developmental Inventory and a parent rating scale were used to assess psychomotor development. Feeding practices and anthropometric measurements were based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines. Anaemia and iron status were determined by blood sample analysis. Results: Prevalence of anaemia and stunting for the infants were 36.4% and 28.5%, respectively. Multiple regression analysis showed that birth weight was related to combined psychomotor scores (β = −3.427 (−4.603, 1.891), p < 0.001), as well as parent rating scores (β = −0.843 (−1.507, −0.180), p = 0.013). Length-for-age z-scores were associated with combined psychomotor scores (β = −1.419 (−2.466, 0.373), p = 0.008), as well as parent rating scores (β = −0.747 (−1.483, −0.010), p = 0.047). Conclusions: In this setting, with high prevalence of anaemia and stunting, important associations between lower psychomotor development scores and birthweight as well as length-for-age z-scores in 6-month-old infants were found. These findings warrant further investigation to develop a greater understanding of factors influencing the association between child growth and psychomotor development within the first 1000 days of lifeen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.subjectInfancyen_US
dc.subjectPsychomotor developmenten_US
dc.subjectNutritional statusen_US
dc.titleInfant development at the age of 6 months in relation to feeding practices, iron status, and growth in a peri-urban community of South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID24420875 - Matsungo, Tonderayi Mathew
dc.contributor.researchID21102007 - Cockeran, Marike
dc.contributor.researchID20924445 - Smuts, Cornelius Mattheus
dc.contributor.researchID12912654 - Covic, Namukolo Margaret


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