do postnatal iron deficiency or maternal risk factors affect...
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Dopostnatalirondeficiencyormaternalriskfactorsaffectcogni6vedevelopmentininfantsbornmoderate‐to‐latepreterm?
Infantsbornmoderate‐to‐latepreterm(32‐36weeksgesta6on)arenotcloselyfolloweda/erhospitaldischargeandhaveagreaterriskfordevelopingirondeficiencyandneurodevelopmentaldelays.Individualdifferencesinprenatalriskandneonatalriskfactorsmayimpactlong‐termcogni=veoutcomesinthesechildren.
Oneindividualdifferencethatlikelyimpactscogni=vedevelopmentininfantsbornmoderate‐to‐latepretermispostnatalironlevels.Irondeficiencyisacommonmicronutrientdeficiencythatcancausealteredcogni6vedevelopmentinchildrenifnottreated(ThorisdoBr,GunnarsdoBr,Palsson,Gretarsson,ThorsdoB,2013).Ironisessen=alforneurodevelopmentalprocessessuchasmyelina=on,neurotransmiKerproduc=on,anddevelopmentofthehippocampus;thusinfantscouldsufferfrommemoryproblemsasaresultoflowironlevels(Georgieff,2011).Maternalriskfactorsduringpregnancy,suchaspre‐eclampsiaandHELLPsyndrome,bothcharacterizedbyhypertension,havealsobeenassociatedwithlowerperformancebyinfantsinvariouscogni6vetasks(Kronenberg,Raz,andSander,2006).
Fewstudieshavebeendonespecificallywithmoderate‐to‐latepreterminfantsandriskfactorsthatcouldaffecttheircogni=vedevelopment.Basedonpreviousstudies,wehypothesizedthatinfantsbornmoderate‐to‐latepretermwouldperformmorepoorlyonmeasuresofinfantmemoryandgeneralcogni=vedevelopment,andthatindividualdifferencesinmaternalriskfactorhistory(presenceofhypertension)andpostnatalironlevels(hemoglobin)wouldalsopredictinfant’sperformance.
ThisresearchwassupportedbyaUniversityofMinnesotaGraduateSchoolFellowship(Hodel),DoctoralDisserta6onFellowship(Hodel),andUndergraduateResearchOpportuni6esProgramGrant(Sasson)andbytheNIHunderaRuthL.KircshteinNa6onalResearchServiceAward(T32HD007151)fromtheNICHD.Addi6onalsupportwasprovidedbytheUniversityofMinnesota’sIns6tuteofChildDevelopment,CenterforNeurobehavioralDevelopment,andGraduateStudentsoftheCollegeofEduca6onandHumanDevelopment.Theauthorsthankthefamiliesofthepar6cipantsandmembersofKathleenM.Thomas’Cogni6veDevelopment&NeuroimagingLab.
Ba]eryofprefrontal‐dependenttasksfor9‐montholdinfants
IronLevels:PTandFTinfantsdidnotdifferinHgBlevelsbetween9‐12monthsofage.
Bayley:PTandFTinfantsdidnotdifferonanyoftheBayleysubscales.
Habitua6onTask:Ofthosewhosuccessfullyhabituated,bothPTandFTgroupsshowedanoveltypreferenceattest(p<.01),althoughthiseffectwasreducedinPTchildren(p<.04)andwasrelatedtogesta=onalageatbirthacrosstheen=resample.
Full‐TermChildren(n=74) PretermChildren(n=70)
AgeatTestΜ=9.10months Μ=10.21months
(9.00monthsadjustedage)
Sex 36female,38male 33female,37male
Gesta,onalAge
Μ=39.84weeksrange=37.43–42.71weeks
Μ=35.34weeksrange=32.00–36.86weeks
NICU/SCNstay?
9.5%ofsample(<24hours) 68.6%ofsample
9‐12MonthHemoglobin
M=11.77mg/dLrange=10.1‐13.9mg/dL
M=11.78mg/dLrange=8.7‐13.5mg/dL
MaternalHypertension
0% 11.4%
Infantsbornmoderate‐to‐latepretermshowsubtlealtera6onsinworkingmemoryat9‐monthscorrectedage.Bothprenatal(maternalhypertension)andpostnatal(lowiron)riskfactorsalsoinfluenceinfants’earlycogni6vedevelopment.
ADDITIONALMEASURESMEDICALRECORDABSTRACTION
BAYLEYSCALESOFINFANTDEVELOPMENT
(Bayley,2006)
WorkingMemoryHABITUATIONTASK
• Cogni-onisassessedbyexamininghowinfantsreactandlearnabouttheirsurroundings• Languageisassessedbymeasuringtherecogni=onofsoundsandobjectsandproduc=onofspeechsoundsandgestures• Motorskillsmeasuredincludebothfine(e.g.infant’sgrasp)andgrossskills(e.g.crawling)
• Parentsconsentedtoreleasetheirchild’sbirthhospitaliza=on,well‐babycheckrecords,andanyiron‐relatedlabs
• Allrecordswereabstractedforgesta-onalageandpregnancyandbirth‐relatedriskfactors;hemoglobinlabsatbirthandbetween9‐12monthsofagewerecollected
• Infantdriven,slidingwindowdesignusingNimS=mfacials=muli(basedonMarkantetal.,2014)
• Noveltydetec=onanddishabitua=onareprefrontaldependentinyounginfants(Nakanoetal.,2008)
AKen=ongeKers=mulus(variabledura=on)
Eyemovementstrackedandcodedonline
Testphase–sixtrialsofnovelandfamiliars=muluswithonefacepertrial
• Completeinfanttaskba=eryalsoincludeseye‐trackingmeasuresofreversallearning,processingspeed,andbehavioralmeasuresofinhibitorycontrol(AnotBtask)andproblemsolving
• Completeparentques-onnaireba=eryalsoincludesparent‐reportmeasuresofparentaldepressionandlifestress,paren=ngstyles,infanttemperament,andinfantsleepandfeedingpaKerns
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Nohypertension Maternalhypertension
Moderate‐to‐latepreterminfantsexhibitedpoorerworkingmemorydevelopmentat9monthsofage.Addi=onally,therewasevidencethatirondeficiencyandmaternalriskfactorssuchashypertensionaffectinfant’smemoryandcogni6vedevelopment.
Limita6ons:Manyofthepreterminfantsinthisstudyweresupplementedwithironwhichlikelycontributedtotheirnormalironlevelsat9‐12monthsofage.Addi-onally,thelackofrela-onshipbetweenironlevelsandmemoryperformancemaybespecifictothetaskused.Thehabitua-ontaskmeasuresworkingmemory,whichreliesontheprefrontalcortex.Irondeficiencyhasbeenmoststronglyassociatedwithhippocampaldevelopment,soothermemorytaskscouldhaveyieldeddifferentresults.Last,infantsborntomotherswithhypertensioncouldhaveotherriskfactorsdrivingtheirpoorerperformance.
Futurestudiesshouldcon=nuetoinves=gatetheeffectsofirondeficiencyoncogni=veoutcomesininfants,includingthosebornmoderate‐to‐latepreterm.Moreover,thesestudiesshouldinves=gatewhichpregnancy‐relatedriskfactorspredictchildren’soutcomesinordertoensureappropriateinterven=onstakeplacetopreventcogni=vedevelopmentaldelays.
Bayley:InfantswithhigherHgBlevelshadhigherrecep6velanguagescores(r=.22,p<.03).
Habitua6onTask:Ironlevelswerenotrelatedtonoveltypreferencescores(r=‐.04,p<.71).
Bayley:InfantsdidnotdifferonanyoftheBayleyscales.Therewasatrend(p<.12)towardlowercogni=vescoresintheriskgroup.
Habitua6on:Theriskgroupfailedtoshowanoveltypreferenceattest(p<.62)andsignificantlydifferedfromthenon‐riskgroupinnoveltypreferencemagnitude(p<.03).