Keith P. West, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Sucheta Mehra, Alain Labrique et al.
<h3>Importance</h3> Maternal micronutrient deficiencies may adversely affect fetal and infant health, yet there is insufficient evidence of effects on these outcomes to guide antenatal micronutrient supplementation in South Asia. <h3>Objective</h3> To assess effects of antenatal multiple micronutrie...
Kerry Schulze, Sucheta Mehra, Saijuddin Shaikh, Hasmot Ali et al.
BACKGROUND: Antenatal multiple micronutrient (MM) supplementation improves birth outcomes relative to iron-folic acid (IFA) in developing countries, but limited data exist on its impact on pregnancy micronutrient status. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the efficacy of a daily MM (15 nutrients) compared with ...
Andrew Mertens, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, John M. Colford, Jeremy Coyle et al.
. Interventions such as nutritional supplementation during pregnancy and the postnatal period could help prevent growth faltering, but programmatic action has been insufficient to eliminate the high burden of stunting and wasting in low- and middle-income countries. Identification of age windows and...
Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Andrew Mertens, John M. Colford, Alan Hubbard et al.
. Stunting, a form of linear growth faltering, increases the risk of illness, impaired cognitive development and mortality. Global stunting estimates rely on cross-sectional surveys, which cannot provide direct information about the timing of onset or persistence of growth faltering-a key considerat...
Muzi Na, Sucheta Mehra, Parul Christian, Hasmot Ali et al.
Background Household food insecurity (HFI) can lead to a poor diet and malnutrition. Yet, little is known about the extent to which maternal diet covaries with food insecurity during pregnancy and lactation. Objective Longitudinal associations between HFI and maternal dietary diversity from early pr...
Michael Clifton Tran, Alain Labrique, Sucheta Mehra, Hasmot Ali et al.
BACKGROUND: We had a unique opportunity to examine demographic determinants of household mobile phone ownership in rural Bangladesh using socioeconomic data collected as part of a multiyear longitudinal cohort study of married women of reproductive age. OBJECTIVES: This paper explores how the demogr...
Youngji Jo, Kelsey Alland, Hasmot Ali, Sucheta Mehra et al.
BACKGROUND: Measurement of antenatal care (ANC) service coverage is often limited to the number of contacts or type of providers, reflecting a gap in the assessment of quality as well as cost estimations and health impact. The study aims to determine service subcomponents and provider and patient co...
Shegufta Shefa Sikder, Alain Labrique, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Hasmot Ali et al.
BACKGROUND: In rural Bangladesh, more than 75% of all births occur at home in the absence of skilled birth attendants. Population-based data are lacking on the burden and risk factors for obstetric complications in settings with low rates of institutional delivery. We sought to describe the prevalen...
Abu Ahmed Shamim, Kerry Schulze, Rebecca D. Merrill, Alamgir Kabir et al.
Background Tocopherols were discovered for their role in animal reproduction, but little is known about the contribution of deficiencies of vitamin E to human pregnancy loss. Objective We sought to determine whether higher first-trimester concentrations of α-tocopherol and γ-tocopherol were associat...
Rebecca K. Campbell, Kerry Schulze, Saijuddin Shaikh, Sucheta Mehra et al.
OBJECTIVES: Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) may inhibit growth and development in low- and middle-income countries, but available assessment methodologies limit its study. In rural Bangladesh, we measured EED using the widely used lactulose mannitol ratio (L:M) test and a panel of intestinal...
Kathryn G. Dewey, Charles D. Arnold, K. Ryan Wessells, Elizabeth L. Prado et al.
BACKGROUND: Meta-analyses show that small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) reduce child wasting and stunting. There is little information regarding effects on severe wasting or stunting. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to identify the effect of SQ-LNSs on prevalence of severe wasting (weight...
Alison D. Gernand, Parul Christian, Rina Rani Paul, Saijuddin Shaikh et al.
Placental growth is a strong predictor of fetal growth, but little is known about maternal predictors of placental growth in malnourished populations. Our objective was to investigate in a prospective study the associations of maternal weight and body composition [total body water (TBW) estimated by...
Shegufta Shefa Sikder, Alain Labrique, Ian M. Craig, Md. Abdul Wakil et al.
BACKGROUND: In communities with low rates of institutional delivery, little data exist on care-seeking behavior for potentially life-threatening obstetric complications. In this analysis, we sought to describe care-seeking patterns for self-reported complications and near misses in rural Bangladesh ...
Parul Christian, Rolf Klemm, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Hasmot Ali et al.
Background Micronutrient deficiencies may be related to poor fetal growth and short gestation. Few studies have investigated the contribution of maternal vitamin A deficiency to these outcomes. Objective In rural northwestern Bangladesh, we examined the effects of weekly antenatal vitamin A and β-ca...
Rebecca K. Campbell, Kristen M. Hurley, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Saijuddin Shaikh et al.
BACKGROUND: Complementary food supplements (CFSs) can enhance growth where stunting is common, but substitution for the usual diet may reduce observed benefits. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to characterize dietary diversity from home foods in a CFS efficacy trial and determine whether supplementation reduced...