1. Multivitamin Supplementation Improves Haematologic Status in Children Born to HIV-positive women in Tanzania
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Roland Kupka, R Kisenge, Christopher Duggan, Wafaie W. Fawzi, Said Aboud, Karim Manji, Ronald J. Bosch, James Okuma, and Enju Liu
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Adult ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,030309 nutrition & dietetics ,Anemia ,Population ,Breastfeeding ,HIV Infections ,Context (language use) ,Lower risk ,Placebo ,Tanzania ,Placebos ,Hemoglobins ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,multivitamins ,Double-Blind Method ,Pregnancy ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,education ,PMTCT (prevention of mother-to-child transmission) ,anaemia ,0303 health sciences ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Hazard ratio ,mother-to-child transmission ,Infant, Newborn ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Infant ,Vitamins ,medicine.disease ,haemoglobin ,Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical ,Diet ,3. Good health ,Treatment Outcome ,Infectious Diseases ,Child, Preschool ,randomized controlled trial ,Female ,business ,Multivitamin ,Research Article - Abstract
Introduction Anaemia is prevalent among children born to HIV-positive women, and it is associated with adverse effects on cognitive and motor development, growth, and increased risks of morbidity and mortality. Objective To examine the effect of daily multivitamin supplementation on haematologic status and mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV through breastfeeding. Methods A total of 2387 infants born to HIV-positive women from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania were enrolled in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, and provided a daily oral supplement of multivitamins (vitamin B complex, C and E) or placebo at age 6 weeks for 24 months. Among them, 2008 infants provided blood samples and had haemoglobin concentrations measured at baseline and during a follow-up period. Anaemia was defined as haemoglobin concentrations
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- 2013