作者
Jacqueline F Gould, Rachel M Roberts, Peter J Anderson, Maria Makrides, Thomas R Sullivan, Robert A Gibson, Andrew J McPhee, Lex W Doyle, Jana M Bednarz, Karen P Best, Gillian Opie, Javeed Travadi, Jeanie LY Cheong, Peter G Davis, Mary Sharp, Karen Simmer, Kenneth Tan, Scott Morris, Kei Lui, Srinivas Bolisetty, Helen Liley, Jacqueline Stack, Carmel T Collins
发表日期
2024/1/1
期刊
JAMA pediatrics
卷号
178
期号
1
页码范围
45-54
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Importance
Children born at less than 29 weeks’ gestation are at risk of behavioral difficulties. This may be due in part to the lack of transplacental supply of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a key fatty acid with structural and functional roles in the brain.
Objective
To determine whether meeting the neonatal DHA requirement through supplementation is associated with improved behavioral functioning of children born at less than 29 weeks’ gestation.
Design, Setting and Participants
This was a follow-up of children from 10 Australian participating centers in a multi-center, blinded, parallel group randomized clinical trial of infants born at less than 29 weeks’ gestation conducted from June 2012 and September 2015, excluding those with additional fatty acid supplementation or major congenital or chromosomal abnormalities. Follow-up took place from August 2018 to May 2021. Parents of surviving children who had not …
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