Maternal Night Blindness during Pregnancy Is Associated with Low Birthweight, Morbidity, and Poor Growth in South India1,2

From: The Journal of Nutrition | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Coles, Christian; Katz, Joanne; Prakash, Kartik; Rahmathullah, Lakshmi; Sheeladevi, S; Thulasiraj, R D; Tielsch, James M | Copyright information

Abstract

Maternal night blindness is common during pregnancy in many developing countries. Previous studies have demonstrated important consequences of maternal night blindness during pregnancy on the health of the mother and newborn infant. We compared birthweight, 6-mo infant mortality, morbidity, and growth among infants of women who did and did not report a history of night blindness from a community-based, randomized trial of newborn vitamin A supplementation in south India. Birth...

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