Associations of maternal dietary iron intake during pregnancy with infant neurodevelopment: evidence from a prospective cohort study
Maternal heme iron intake, particularly in late pregnancy, may contribute to optimal infant neurodevelopment. These findings emphasize the importance of evaluating the distinct roles of maternal heme and non-heme iron intakes on neurodevelopment.
Authors
- Jiangbo Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5717-9385)
- Lingmin Hu
- Hong Lv (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6624-1742)
- Haiting Hu
- Zhibin Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8277-5234)
- Zhonghua Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8728-9158)
- Xin Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4805-3967)
- Cong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7147-8923)
- Yuan Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3091-9889)
- Xiaoyu Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0472-1481)
- Tao Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-8183)
- Rui Qin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5382-4633)
- Kun Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4396-7425)
- Liya Pang
- Kan Ye
- Yangqian Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1629-6777)
Institutions
- Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital (CN)
- Suzhou Municipal Hospital (CN)
- Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nutrition Journal
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-025-01197-3
- Primary Topic
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
- Nanjing Medical University