Nature Communications (Jan 2019)
Neurodevelopmental milestones and associated behaviours are similar among healthy children across diverse geographical locations
- José Villar,
- Michelle Fernandes,
- Manorama Purwar,
- Eleonora Staines-Urias,
- Paola Di Nicola,
- Leila Cheikh Ismail,
- Roseline Ochieng,
- Fernando Barros,
- Elaine Albernaz,
- Cesar Victora,
- Naina Kunnawar,
- Sophie Temple,
- Francesca Giuliani,
- Tamsin Sandells,
- Maria Carvalho,
- Eric Ohuma,
- Yasmin Jaffer,
- Alison Noble,
- Michael Gravett,
- Ruyan Pang,
- Ann Lambert,
- Enrico Bertino,
- Aris Papageorghiou,
- Cutberto Garza,
- Alan Stein,
- Zulfiqar Bhutta,
- Stephen Kennedy
Affiliations
- José Villar
- Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford
- Michelle Fernandes
- Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford
- Manorama Purwar
- Nagpur INTERGROWTH-21st Research Centre, Ketkar Hospital
- Eleonora Staines-Urias
- Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford
- Paola Di Nicola
- Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita-Sant’Anna Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
- Leila Cheikh Ismail
- College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah
- Roseline Ochieng
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University
- Fernando Barros
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento, Universidade Católica de Pelotas
- Elaine Albernaz
- Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Pelotas
- Cesar Victora
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas
- Naina Kunnawar
- Nagpur INTERGROWTH-21st Research Centre, Ketkar Hospital
- Sophie Temple
- Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford
- Francesca Giuliani
- Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita-Sant’Anna Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
- Tamsin Sandells
- Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford
- Maria Carvalho
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University
- Eric Ohuma
- Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford
- Yasmin Jaffer
- Department of Family & Community Health, Ministry of Health
- Alison Noble
- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
- Michael Gravett
- Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), Seattle Children’s
- Ruyan Pang
- School of Public Health, Peking University
- Ann Lambert
- Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford
- Enrico Bertino
- Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche e dell’ Adolescenza, SCDU Neonatologia, Universita di Torino
- Aris Papageorghiou
- Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford
- Cutberto Garza
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Alan Stein
- Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford
- Zulfiqar Bhutta
- Center for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children
- Stephen Kennedy
- Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07983-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
It is unclear whether the sequence and timing of early life neurodevelopment varies across human populations, excluding the effects of disease or malnutrition. Here, the authors show that children of healthy, urban, educated mothers show very similar development across five geographically diverse populations.
