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de Kat AC, Hirst JE, Woodward M, Barros FC, Barsosio HC, Berkley JA, Carvalho M, Cheikh Ismail L, McGready R, Norris SA, Nosten F, Ohuma E, Tshivuila-Matala COO, Stones W, Staines Urias E, Clara Restrepo-Mendez M, Lambert A, Munim S, Winsey A, Papageorghiou AT, Bhutta ZA, Villar J, Kennedy SH, Peters SAE. Preeclampsia prediction with blood pressure measurements: A global external validation of the ALSPAC models. Pregnancy Hypertens 2022; 30:124-129. [PMID: 36179538 DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2022.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The prediction of preeclampsia in pregnancy has resulted in a plethora of prognostic models. Yet, very few make it past the development stage and most fail to influence clinical practice. The timely identification of high-risk pregnant women could deliver a tailored antenatal care regimen, particularly in low-resource settings. This study externally validated and calibrated previously published models that predicted the risk of preeclampsia, based on blood pressure (BP) at multiple time points in pregnancy, in a geographically diverse population. METHODS The prospective INTERBIO-21st Fetal Study included 3,391 singleton pregnancies from Brazil, Kenya, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand and the UK, 2012-2018. Preeclampsia prediction was based on baseline characteristics, BP and deviation from the expected BP trajectory at multiple time points in pregnancy. The prediction rules from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) were implemented in the INTERBIO-21st cohort. RESULTS Model discrimination was similar to the development cohort. Performance was best with baseline characteristics and a BP measurement at 34 weeks' gestation (AUC 0.85, 95 % CI 0.80-0.90). The ALSPAC models largely overestimated the true risk of preeclampsia incidence in the INTERBIO-21st cohort. CONCLUSIONS After recalibration, these prediction models could potentially serve as a risk stratifying tool to help identify women who might benefit from increased surveillance during pregnancy.
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- Annelien C de Kat
- The George Institute for Global Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The George Institute for Global Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The George Institute for Global Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- KEMRI-Coast Centre for Geographical Medicine and Research, Kilifi, Kenya
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- KEMRI-Coast Centre for Geographical Medicine and Research, Kilifi, Kenya; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine Research, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Department, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine Research, Oxford, United Kingdom; Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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- SAMRC Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine Research, Oxford, United Kingdom; Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health (MARCH) Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; SAMRC Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute (OMPHI), Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Center for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute (OMPHI), Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute (OMPHI), Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The George Institute for Global Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Villar J, Ochieng R, Gunier RB, Papageorghiou AT, Rauch S, McGready R, Gauglitz JM, Barros FC, Vatish M, Fernandes M, Zammit V, Carrara VI, Munim S, Craik R, Barsosio HC, Carvalho M, Berkley JA, Ismail LIC, Norris SA, Tshivuila-Matala COO, Nosten F, Ohuma EO, Stein A, Lambert A, Winsey A, Uauy R, Eskenazi B, Bhutta ZA, Kennedy SH. Association between fetal abdominal growth trajectories, maternal metabolite signatures early in pregnancy, and childhood growth and adiposity: prospective observational multinational INTERBIO-21st fetal study. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2022; 10:710-719. [PMID: 36030799 PMCID: PMC9622423 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(22)00215-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Obesity predominantly affects populations in high-income countries and those countries facing epidemiological transition. The risk of childhood obesity is increased among infants who had overweight or obesity at birth, but in low-resource settings one in five infants are born small for gestational age. We aimed to study the relationships between: (1) maternal metabolite signatures; (2) fetal abdominal growth; and (3) postnatal growth, adiposity, and neurodevelopment. METHODS In the prospective, multinational, observational INTERBIO-21st fetal study, conducted in maternity units in Pelotas (Brazil), Nairobi (Kenya), Karachi (Pakistan), Soweto (South Africa), Mae Sot (Thailand), and Oxford (UK), we enrolled women (≥18 years, with a BMI of less than 35 kg/m2, natural conception, and a singleton pregnancy) who initiated antenatal care before 14 weeks' gestation. Ultrasound scans were performed every 5±1 weeks until delivery to measure fetal growth and feto-placental blood flow, and we used finite mixture models to derive growth trajectories of abdominal circumference. The infants' health, growth, and development were monitored from birth to age 2 years. Early pregnancy maternal blood and umbilical cord venous blood samples were collected for untargeted metabolomic analysis. FINDINGS From Feb 8, 2012, to Nov 30, 2019, we enrolled 3598 pregnant women and followed up their infants to 2 years of age. We identified four ultrasound-derived trajectories of fetal abdominal circumference growth that accelerated or decelerated within a crucial 20-25 week gestational age window: faltering growth, early accelerating growth, late accelerating growth, and median growth tracking. These distinct phenotypes had matching feto-placental blood flow patterns throughout pregnancy, and different growth, adiposity, vision, and neurodevelopment outcomes in early childhood. There were 709 maternal metabolites with positive effect for the faltering growth phenotype and 54 for the early accelerating growth phenotype; 31 maternal metabolites had a negative effect for the faltering growth phenotype and 76 for the early accelerating growth phenotype. Metabolites associated with the faltering growth phenotype had statistically significant odds ratios close to 1·5 (ie, suggesting upregulation of metabolic pathways of impaired fetal growth). The metabolites had a reciprocal relationship with the early accelerating growth phenotype, with statistically significant odds ratios close to 0.6 (ie, suggesting downregulation of fetal growth acceleration). The maternal metabolite signatures included 5-hydroxy-eicosatetraenoic acid, and 11 phosphatidylcholines linked to oxylipin or saturated fatty acid sidechains. The fungicide, chlorothalonil, was highly abundant in the early accelerating growth phenotype group. INTERPRETATION Early pregnancy lipid biology associated with fetal abdominal growth trajectories is an indicator of patterns of growth, adiposity, vision, and neurodevelopment up to the age of 2 years. Our findings could contribute to the earlier identification of infants at risk of obesity. FUNDING Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- Jose Villar
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Center for Environmental Research and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Center for Environmental Research and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre & Human Development and Health Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Biomedical Sciences, Translational & Experimental Medicine, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Kenya Medical Research Institute-Coast Centre for Geographical Medicine and Research, University of Oxford, Kilifi, Kenya
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Kenya Medical Research Institute-Coast Centre for Geographical Medicine and Research, University of Oxford, Kilifi, Kenya
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Department, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- South African Medical Research Institute Developmental Pathways For Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; South African Medical Research Institute Developmental Pathways For Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice, World Bank Group, Washington, DC, USA
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Medical Research Council and Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; African Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Nutrition and Public Health Interventions Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Center for Environmental Research and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya; Center for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Villar J, Restrepo-Méndez MC, McGready R, Barros FC, Victora CG, Munim S, Papageorghiou AT, Ochieng R, Craik R, Barsosio HC, Berkley JA, Carvalho M, Fernandes M, Cheikh Ismail L, Lambert A, Norris SA, Ohuma EO, Stein A, Tshivuila-Matala COO, Zondervan KT, Winsey A, Nosten F, Uauy R, Bhutta ZA, Kennedy SH. Association Between Preterm-Birth Phenotypes and Differential Morbidity, Growth, and Neurodevelopment at Age 2 Years: Results From the INTERBIO-21st Newborn Study. JAMA Pediatr 2021; 175:483-493. [PMID: 33646288 PMCID: PMC7922239 DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.6087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
IMPORTANCE The etiologic complexities of preterm birth remain inadequately understood, which may impede the development of better preventative and treatment measures. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between specific preterm-birth phenotypes and clinical, growth, and neurodevelopmental differences among preterm newborns compared with term newborns up to age 2 years. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS The INTERBIO-21st study included a cohort of preterm and term newborn singletons enrolled between March 2012 and June 2018 from maternity hospitals in 6 countries worldwide who were followed up from birth to age 2 years. All pregnancies were dated by ultrasonography. Data were analyzed from November 2019 to October 2020. EXPOSURES/INTERVENTIONS Preterm-birth phenotypes. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Infant size, health, nutrition, and World Health Organization motor development milestones assessed at ages 1 and 2 years; neurodevelopment evaluated at age 2 years using the INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Assessment (INTER-NDA) tool. RESULTS A total of 6529 infants (3312 boys [50.7%]) were included in the analysis. Of those, 1381 were preterm births (mean [SD] gestational age at birth, 34.4 [0.1] weeks; 5148 were term births (mean [SD] gestational age at birth, 39.4 [0] weeks). Among 1381 preterm newborns, 8 phenotypes were identified: no main maternal, fetal, or placental condition detected (485 infants [35.1%]); infections (289 infants [20.9%]); preeclampsia (162 infants [11.7%]); fetal distress (131 infants [9.5%]); intrauterine growth restriction (110 infants [8.0%]); severe maternal disease (85 infants [6.2%]); bleeding (71 infants [5.1%]); and congenital anomaly (48 infants [3.5%]). For all phenotypes, a previous preterm birth was a risk factor for recurrence. Each phenotype displayed differences in neonatal morbidity and infant outcomes. For example, infants with the no main condition detected phenotype had low neonatal morbidity but increased morbidity and hospitalization incidence at age 1 year (odds ratio [OR], 2.2; 95% CI, 1.8-2.7). Compared with term newborns, the highest risk of scoring lower than the 10th centile of INTER-NDA normative values was observed in the fine motor development domain among newborns with the fetal distress (OR, 10.6; 95% CI, 5.1-22.2) phenotype. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Results of this study suggest that phenotypic classification may provide a better understanding of the etiologic factors and mechanisms associated with preterm birth than continuing to consider it an exclusively time-based entity.
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- Jose Villar
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand.,Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Division of Women and Child Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- KEMRI Coast Centre for Geographical Medicine and Research, University of Oxford, Kilifi, Kenya.,KEMRI Centre for Global Health Research, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Department, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- SAMRC Developmental Pathways For Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive and Child Health Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,SAMRC Developmental Pathways For Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.,Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice, World Bank Group, Washington, DC
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand.,Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Nutrition and Public Health Interventions Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Center for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Akoto C, Chan CYS, Tshivuila-Matala COO, Ravi K, Zhang W, Vatish M, Norris SA, Hemelaar J. Innate lymphoid cells are reduced in pregnant HIV positive women and are associated with preterm birth. Sci Rep 2020; 10:13265. [PMID: 32764636 PMCID: PMC7413261 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69966-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal and child mortality worldwide. Globally, 1.4 million pregnant women are estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS, the majority of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa. Maternal HIV infection and antiretroviral treatment (ART) have been associated with increased rates of preterm birth, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Acute HIV infection is associated with a rapid depletion of all three subsets of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs), ILC1s, ILC2s and ILC3s, which is not reversed by ART. ILCs have been found at the maternal-fetal interface and we therefore investigated the potential association between maternal HIV infection, peripheral ILC frequencies and preterm birth. In our study of pregnant South African women with accurately dated pregnancies, we show that maternal HIV infection is associated with reduced levels of all three ILC subsets. Preterm birth was also associated with lower levels of all three ILC subsets in early pregnancy. ILC frequencies were lowest in HIV positive women who experienced preterm birth. Moreover, ILC levels were reduced in pregnancies resulting in spontaneous onset of preterm labour and in extreme preterm birth (< 28 weeks gestation). Our findings suggest that reduced ILC frequencies may be a link between maternal HIV infection and preterm birth. In addition, ILC frequencies in early pregnancy may serve as predictive biomarkers for women who are at risk of delivering preterm.
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- Charlene Akoto
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.,South African Medical Research Council Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.,South African Medical Research Council Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK. .,South African Medical Research Council Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Kennedy SH, Victora CG, Craik R, Ash S, Barros FC, Barsosio HC, Berkley JA, Carvalho M, Fernandes M, Cheikh Ismail L, Lambert A, Lindgren CM, McGready R, Munim S, Nellåker C, Noble JA, Norris SA, Nosten F, Ohuma EO, Papageorghiou AT, Stein A, Stones W, Tshivuila-Matala COO, Staines Urias E, Vatish M, Wulff K, Zainab G, Zondervan KT, Uauy R, Bhutta ZA, Villar J. Deep clinical and biological phenotyping of the preterm birth and small for gestational age syndromes: The INTERBIO-21 st Newborn Case-Control Study protocol. Gates Open Res 2019; 2:49. [PMID: 31172050 PMCID: PMC6545521 DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.12869.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: INTERBIO-21
st is Phase II of the INTERGROWTH-21
st Project, the population-based, research initiative involving nearly 70,000 mothers and babies worldwide coordinated by Oxford University and performed by a multidisciplinary network of more than 400 healthcare professionals and scientists from 35 institutions in 21 countries worldwide. Phase I, conducted 2008-2015, consisted of nine complementary studies designed to describe optimal human growth and neurodevelopment, based conceptually on the WHO prescriptive approach. The studies generated a set of international standards for monitoring growth and neurodevelopment, which complement the existing WHO Child Growth Standards. Phase II aims to improve the functional classification of the highly heterogenous preterm birth and fetal growth restriction syndromes through a better understanding of how environmental exposures, clinical conditions and nutrition influence patterns of human growth from conception to childhood, as well as specific neurodevelopmental domains and associated behaviors at 2 years of age. Methods: In the INTERBIO-21
st Newborn Case-Control Study, a major component of Phase II, our objective is to investigate the mechanisms potentially responsible for preterm birth and small for gestational age and their interactions, using deep phenotyping of clinical, growth and epidemiological data and associated nutritional, biochemical, omic and histological profiles. Here we describe the study sites, population characteristics, study design, methodology and standardization procedures for the collection of longitudinal clinical data and biological samples (maternal blood, umbilical cord blood, placental tissue, maternal feces and infant buccal swabs) for the study that was conducted between 2012 and 2018 in Brazil, Kenya, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand and the UK. Discussion: Our study provides a unique resource for the planned analyses given the range of potentially disadvantageous exposures (including poor nutrition, pregnancy complications and infections) in geographically diverse populations worldwide. The study should enhance current medical knowledge and provide new insights into environmental influences on human growth and neurodevelopment.
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- Stephen H Kennedy
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Ludwig Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
| | - Hellen C Barsosio
- KEMRI-Coast Centre for Geographical Medicine and Research, University of Oxford, Kilifi, Kenya
| | - James A Berkley
- KEMRI-Coast Centre for Geographical Medicine and Research, University of Oxford, Kilifi, Kenya.,Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Maria Carvalho
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
| | - Michelle Fernandes
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
| | - Leila Cheikh Ismail
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
| | - Ann Lambert
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
| | - Cecilia M Lindgren
- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Rose McGready
- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
| | - Shama Munim
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
| | - Christoffer Nellåker
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Julia A Noble
- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Shane A Norris
- SAMRC Developmental Pathways For Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - Francois Nosten
- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
| | - Eric O Ohuma
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Center for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
| | - Aris T Papageorghiou
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
| | - Alan Stein
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - William Stones
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya.,Departments of Public Health and Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Chrystelle O O Tshivuila-Matala
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,SAMRC Developmental Pathways For Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.,Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice, World Bank Group, Washington, DC, USA
| | - Eleonora Staines Urias
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
| | - Manu Vatish
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Katharina Wulff
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Ghulam Zainab
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
| | - Krina T Zondervan
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Ricardo Uauy
- Division of Paediatrics, Pontifical Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Nutrition and Public Health Interventions Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
| | - Zulfiqar A Bhutta
- Center for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
| | - José Villar
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
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Kennedy SH, Victora CG, Craik R, Ash S, Barros FC, Barsosio HC, Berkley JA, Carvalho M, Fernandes M, Cheikh Ismail L, Lambert A, Lindgren CM, McGready R, Munim S, Nellåker C, Noble JA, Norris SA, Nosten F, Ohuma EO, Papageorghiou AT, Stein A, Stones W, Tshivuila-Matala COO, Staines Urias E, Vatish M, Wulff K, Zainab G, Zondervan KT, Uauy R, Bhutta ZA, Villar J. Deep clinical and biological phenotyping of the preterm birth and small for gestational age syndromes: The INTERBIO-21 st Newborn Case-Control Study protocol. Gates Open Res 2019. [PMID: 31172050 DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.12869.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Background: INTERBIO-21 st is Phase II of the INTERGROWTH-21 st Project, the population-based, research initiative involving nearly 70,000 mothers and babies worldwide coordinated by Oxford University and performed by a multidisciplinary network of more than 400 healthcare professionals and scientists from 35 institutions in 21 countries worldwide. Phase I, conducted 2008-2015, consisted of nine complementary studies designed to describe optimal human growth and neurodevelopment, based conceptually on the WHO prescriptive approach. The studies generated a set of international standards for monitoring growth and neurodevelopment, which complement the existing WHO Child Growth Standards. Phase II aims to improve the functional classification of the highly heterogenous preterm birth and fetal growth restriction syndromes through a better understanding of how environmental exposures, clinical conditions and nutrition influence patterns of human growth from conception to childhood, as well as specific neurodevelopmental domains and associated behaviors at 2 years of age. Methods: In the INTERBIO-21 st Newborn Case-Control Study, a major component of Phase II, our objective is to investigate the mechanisms potentially responsible for preterm birth and small for gestational age and their interactions, using deep phenotyping of clinical, growth and epidemiological data and associated nutritional, biochemical, omic and histological profiles. Here we describe the study sites, population characteristics, study design, methodology and standardization procedures for the collection of longitudinal clinical data and biological samples (maternal blood, umbilical cord blood, placental tissue, maternal feces and infant buccal swabs) for the study that was conducted between 2012 and 2018 in Brazil, Kenya, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand and the UK. Discussion: Our study provides a unique resource for the planned analyses given the range of potentially disadvantageous exposures (including poor nutrition, pregnancy complications and infections) in geographically diverse populations worldwide. The study should enhance current medical knowledge and provide new insights into environmental influences on human growth and neurodevelopment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stephen H Kennedy
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
| | - Cesar G Victora
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
| | - Rachel Craik
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
| | - Stephen Ash
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Ludwig Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Fernando C Barros
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
| | - Hellen C Barsosio
- KEMRI-Coast Centre for Geographical Medicine and Research, University of Oxford, Kilifi, Kenya
| | - James A Berkley
- KEMRI-Coast Centre for Geographical Medicine and Research, University of Oxford, Kilifi, Kenya.,Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Maria Carvalho
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
| | - Michelle Fernandes
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
| | - Leila Cheikh Ismail
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
| | - Ann Lambert
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
| | - Cecilia M Lindgren
- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Rose McGready
- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
| | - Shama Munim
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
| | - Christoffer Nellåker
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Julia A Noble
- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Shane A Norris
- SAMRC Developmental Pathways For Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - Francois Nosten
- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
| | - Eric O Ohuma
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Center for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
| | - Aris T Papageorghiou
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
| | - Alan Stein
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - William Stones
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya.,Departments of Public Health and Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Chrystelle O O Tshivuila-Matala
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,SAMRC Developmental Pathways For Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.,Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice, World Bank Group, Washington, DC, USA
| | - Eleonora Staines Urias
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
| | - Manu Vatish
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Katharina Wulff
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Ghulam Zainab
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
| | - Krina T Zondervan
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Ricardo Uauy
- Division of Paediatrics, Pontifical Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Nutrition and Public Health Interventions Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
| | - Zulfiqar A Bhutta
- Center for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
| | - José Villar
- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute, Green Templeton College, Oxford, UK
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