Psychosocial outcome and CT findings after gross undernourishment during infancy: a 20-year developmental study.
This prospective 20-year follow-up study contrasts the development of a group of 20 children grossly undernourished during infancy (index group) with that of a matched control group. There were significant differences between two groups in head circumference, height, weight, full-scale IQ, verbal quotient, non-verbal quotient and in visuo-motor perceptual function. Despite their disadvantages, the index group have integrated effectively into the community, and their children have not experienced the nutritional deprivation they suffered during their own childhoods.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D010553:Personality Development; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014796:Visual Perception