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Neurodevelopment, Vision And Auditory Outcomes At Age 2 Years In Offspring Of Participants In The ‘Women First’ Maternal Preconception Nutrition Randomised Controlled Trial, Michelle Fernandes, Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie Westcott, Antoinette Tshefu, Adrien Lokangaka, Melissa Bauserman, Ana L. Garcés, Lester Figueroa, Sarah Saleem, Sumera A. Aziz, Robert L. Goldenberg, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Richard J. Derman, Jennifer F. Kemp, Marion Koso-Thomas, Amaanti Sridhar, Elizabeth M. Mcclure, K. Michael Hambidge May 2023

Neurodevelopment, Vision And Auditory Outcomes At Age 2 Years In Offspring Of Participants In The ‘Women First’ Maternal Preconception Nutrition Randomised Controlled Trial, Michelle Fernandes, Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie Westcott, Antoinette Tshefu, Adrien Lokangaka, Melissa Bauserman, Ana L. Garcés, Lester Figueroa, Sarah Saleem, Sumera A. Aziz, Robert L. Goldenberg, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Richard J. Derman, Jennifer F. Kemp, Marion Koso-Thomas, Amaanti Sridhar, Elizabeth M. Mcclure, K. Michael Hambidge

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BACKGROUND: Maternal nutrition in preconception and early pregnancy influences fetal growth. Evidence for effects of prenatal maternal nutrition on early child development (ECD) in low-income and middle-income countries is limited.

OBJECTIVES: To examine impact of maternal nutrition supplementation initiated prior to or during pregnancy on ECD, and to examine potential association of postnatal growth with ECD domains.

DESIGN: Secondary analysis regarding the offspring of participants of a maternal multicountry, individually randomised trial.

SETTING: Rural Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, India and Pakistan.

PARTICIPANTS: 667 offspring of Women First trial participants, aged 24 months.

INTERVENTION: Maternal lipid-based nutrient supplement initiated …