Influence of Anemia in Infancy on Development

• Project/Area Number: 26460848
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health
• Research Institution: Toho University
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA Taichiro 東邦大学, 医学部, 講師 (70402740)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 西脇 祐司 東邦大学, 医学部, 教授 (40237764)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
• Keywords: 貧血 / 発育 / 発達 / 妊婦 / 乳幼児 / 精神発達 / 運動発達 / 精神・運動発達 / 健康診査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study had the following two goals: (1) determine differences in the prevalence of anemia in infacy due to the presence or absence of anemia during pregnancy; (2) examine the influence of anemia in infancy on the psychomotor development.
Anemia prevalence was slightly higher in infants born from pregnant women with anemia. No significant association was found between the presence or absence of anemia in infancy and the psychomotor development.