Relationships between prenatal medical and nutritional measures, pregnancy outcome, and early infant development in an urban poverty setting

摘要: Repeated nutritional assessments were made on 118 low-income women who registered at an urban hospital clinic prior to the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy and then 122 comparable provided with protein-mineral supplementation. Demographic background information obtained. Medical carried out throughout pregnancy, labor, delivery, postpartum period. The infants assessed both medically Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scales. In spite their status, subjects did not appear nutritionally deprived. Few significant relationships obtained between maternal intake measures or infant medical status psychological status. A limited number consistent when supplemented nonsupplemented groups compared. Although benefits noted, mothers in group developed fewer parameters pre-eclampsia had complications during labor delivery.