The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between zinc and the growth and development of young children. The parents of 8102 young children were surveyed in person by a trained surveyor using structured questionnaires. The hair zinc concentration of the children was determined using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The height, weight, sitting height, and head circumferen...

BackgroundPyridoxine monotherapy in PDE-ALDH7A1 often results adequate seizure control, but neurodevelopmental outcome varies. Detailed long-term neurological is unknown. Here we present the cognitive and features of Dutch cohort.MethodsNeurological was assessed 24 patients (age 1–26 years); classified as normal, complex minor dysfunction (complex MND) or abnormal. Intelligence quotient (IQ) de...

Down syndrome (DS) is a chromosomal disorder associated with short stature and psychomotor delay. Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) are of interest in DS as the pronounced growth retardation coincides in time when GH becomes essential for growth. Simultaneously mean intelligence quotient (IQ) decreases

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of computer games on intelligence quotient (iq), reaction time (rt), and movement time (mt) of adolescents. the statistical population of this study consisted of male high school students (aged between 14 and 18), restrict 1 in tabriz city. two samples (n1=n2=25) were selected purposefully and were divided into two equivalent groups (experimen...

Background: Previous research has suggested that body mass index (BMI) and height are associated with intelligence quotient (IQ) in older children adults. However, due to the limited number of studies this age group, there is a lack consensus on whether relationships between IQ some anthropometric measures, including sex, among preschool-aged children. Objectives: This study aimed assess signif...

Blood phenylalanine (Phe) levels provide a practical and reliable method for the diagnosis and monitoring of metabolic status in patients with phenylketonuria (PKU). To assess the reliability of blood Phe levels as a predictive biomarker of clinical outcomes in the development of treatments for PKU, a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of published trials of PKU, which included Phe ...

OBJECTIVE Intelligence quotient is an indicator of one's efficacy and many factors including chronic diseases may impact upon it. This study aims to compare the IQ of children diagnosed with moderate asthma to the IQ of healthy children. METHODS This comparative study was conducted between June 2011 and January 2012 in an Academic Referral Clinic. In this study, 114 patients aged 6 to 13 year...

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants. In utero exposure to background levels of PCBs has been associated with intellectual impairment among children in most, but not all, studies. The authors evaluated prenatal PCB exposure in relation to cognitive test (intelligence quotient (IQ)) scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children at age 7 years. Pregn...

OBJECTIVES To examine the association between maternal prepregnancy weight and child neurodevelopment, and the effect of gestational weight gain. METHODS Using the U.S. Collaborative Perinatal Project data, 1959-76, a total of 30,212 women with a calculable prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain, and term singleton children followed up for more than 7 years were includ...