Thymus development and infant and child mortality in rural Bangladesh | Zendy

Sophie E. Moore | Zendy; Anthony J. C. Fulford | Zendy; Yukiko Wagatsuma | Zendy; Lars Åke Persson | Zendy; Shams El Arifeen | Zendy; Andrew M. Prentice | Zendy

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Thymus development and infant and child mortality in rural Bangladesh

Author(s) -

Sophie E. Moore,

Anthony J. C. Fulford,

Yukiko Wagatsuma,

Lars Åke Persson,

Shams El Arifeen,

Andrew M. Prentice

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyt232

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , pediatrics , infant mortality , population , demography , risk factor , birth order , psychological intervention , environmental health , psychiatry , sociology

Data from West Africa indicate that a small thymus at birth and at 6 months of age is a strong and independent risk factor for infection-related mortality up to 24 and 36 months of age, respectively. We investigated the association between thymus size (thymic index, TI) in infancy and subsequent infant and child survival in a contemporary South Asian population.

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