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Maternal HIV status and motor milestone acquisition among Ghanaian infants
Author(s) -
Lartey Anna,
Marquis Grace S,
PerezEscamilla Rafael,
Mazur Robert,
Sellen Daniel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.918.1
Subject(s) - sitting , milestone , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , crawling , motor skill , developmental milestone , physical therapy , pediatrics , physiology , family medicine , archaeology , pathology , psychiatry , history
As part of the RIING project (Research to Improve Infant Nutrition and Growth) we examined infants' motor milestone (MM) acquisition in relation to Ghanaian mothers' HIV status. Mothers' prenatally diagnosed as HIV positive (n=104), HIV negative (n=132) and HIV status unknown (n=129) were followed up twice weekly at home for MM assessment from 4 to 12 months. At each home visit the following were assessed: i) sitting without support, ii) hands and knees crawling, iii) standing with assistance, iv) walking with assistance, v) standing alone, and vi) walking alone. The mean age (days) for MM achievement was not significantly different among children of the three groups of mothers (all groups combined: sitting without support 170.7± 24.5 d, hands and knees crawling 243.0± 34.9 d, standing with assistance 261.0± 38.9 d, walking with assistance 295.3± 46.8 d, standing alone 329.0± 36.7 d, and walking alone 350.3± 35.1 d) However, by 12 months 15.4 % of the HIV positive, 31.8% of the HIV negative, and 10.1% of the HIV unknown mothers' children were walking alone (p<0.05). The results suggest possible influence of maternal HIV status on child MM acquisition. Funded by NIH Grant HD436020