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The effect of subclinical infantile thiamine deficiency on motor function in preschool children.
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Maternal & Child Nutrition . Oct2017, Vol. 13 Issue 4, pn/a-N.PAG. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- We investigated the long-term implications of infantile thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency on motor function in preschoolers who had been fed during the first 2 years of life with a faulty milk substitute. In this retrospective cohort study, 39 children aged 5-6 years who had been exposed to a thiamine-deficient formula during infancy were compared with 30 age-matched healthy children with unremarkable infant nutritional history. The motor function of the participants was evaluated with The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC) and the Zuk Assessment. Both evaluation tools revealed statistically significant differences between the exposed and unexposed groups for gross and fine motor development ( p < .001, ball skills p = .01) and grapho-motor development ( p = .004). The differences were especially noteworthy on M-ABC testing for balance control functioning ( p < .001, OR 5.4; 95% CI 3.4-7.4) and fine motor skills ( p < .001, OR 3.2; 95% CI 1.8-4.6). In the exposed group, both assessments concurred on the high rate of children exhibiting motor function difficulties in comparison to unexposed group (M-ABC: 56% vs. 10%, Zuk Assessment: 59% vs. 3%, p < .001). Thiamine deficiency in infancy has long-term implications on gross and fine motor function and balance skills in childhood, thiamine having a crucial role in normal motor development. The study emphasizes the importance of proper infant feeding and regulatory control of breast milk substitutes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- *ANALYSIS of variance
*CHI-squared test
*CHILD development
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*POSTURAL balance
*INFANT formulas
*LONGITUDINAL method
*MOTOR ability
*PROBABILITY theory
*T-test (Statistics)
*VITAMIN B1 deficiency
*STATISTICAL significance
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ODDS ratio
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17408695
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Maternal & Child Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 125350104
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12397