Fetal cranial growth trajectories are associated with growth and neurodevelopment at 2 years of age: INTERBIO-21st Fetal Study

• Published in: Nature medicine Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 647 - 652
• Main Authors: Villar, José, Gunier, Robert B., Tshivuila-Matala, Chrystelle O. O., Rauch, Stephen A., Nosten, Francois, Ochieng, Roseline, Restrepo-Méndez, María C., McGready, Rose, Barros, Fernando C., Fernandes, Michelle, Carrara, Verena I., Victora, Cesar G., Munim, Shama, Craik, Rachel, Barsosio, Hellen C., Carvalho, Maria, Berkley, James A., Cheikh Ismail, Leila, Norris, Shane A., Ohuma, Eric O., Stein, Alan, Lambert, Ann, Winsey, Adele, Uauy, Ricardo, Eskenazi, Brenda, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Papageorghiou, Aris T., Kennedy, Stephen H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.04.2021; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/136/818; 692/700/1720; Age; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cancer Research; Cephalometry; Child Development; Cognition in children; Cognitive ability; Development; Female; Fetus; Fetus - embryology; Fetuses; Gestation; Gestational age; Growth; Health aspects; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infants; Infectious Diseases; International standards; Letter; Metabolic Diseases; Molecular Medicine; Morbidity; Nervous system; Neurodevelopment; Neurosciences; Observational studies; Pediatric research; Physical growth; Physiological aspects; Pregnancy; Skull; Skull - embryology; Skull - growth & development; Supplements; Trajectory measurement; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasound; United Kingdom

Many observational studies and some randomized trials demonstrate how fetal growth can be influenced by environmental insults (for example, maternal infections) 1 and preventive interventions (for example, multiple-micronutrient supplementation) 2 that can have a long-lasting effect on health, growt...