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SUBMITTER: Stein AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3021451 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stein Aryeh D AD Wang Meng M Martorell Reynaldo R Neufeld Lynnette M LM Flores-Ayala Rafael R Rivera Juan A JA Ramakrishnan Usha U
The Journal of nutrition 20101222 2
Little is known about the long-term effects of DHA intake during pregnancy. Offspring of primagravid Mexican women who received 400 mg/d DHA from wk 20 of gestation through delivery were heavier and had larger head circumferences at birth than children whose mothers received placebo; no effect was observed in offspring of multigravidae. We have followed these children (n = 739; 76% of the birth cohort), measuring length, weight, and head circumference at 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 18 mo. At 18 mo, inte ...[more]