Persistent impact of antenatal maternal anaemia on child brain structure at 6–7 years of age: a South African child health study
Associations between maternal anaemia and regional child brain volumes previously reported at 2-3 years of age were consistent and persisted to 6-7 years of age. Findings support the importance of optimising antenatal maternal health and reinforce these brain regions as a future research focus.
Authors
- Catherine J. Wedderburn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4887-1644)
- Nadia Hoffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7269-1416)
- Sivenesi Subramoney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8947-439X)
- Annerine Roos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6487-3159)
- Steven Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4299-1941)
- Marilyn T. Lake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6056-2078)
- Dan Joseph Stein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7218-7810)
- Jessica E. Ringshaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6885-8351)
- Kirsten A. Donald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0276-9660)
- Heather Joy Zar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9046-759X)
- Katherine L. Narr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9396-7936)
- Charmaine N. Nyakonda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-5469)
- Simone R. Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1023-5327)
- Layla E. Bradford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5195-9081)
- Chanelle Hendrikse
- Tiffany Burd
- Shantanu H. Joshi
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03838-6
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.39
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Wellcome Trust
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- National Research Foundation
- South African Medical Research Council
- National Institutes of Health
- NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
- Medical Research Council
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism