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1. Prenatal and early postnatal exposure to a natural disaster and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms in Indian children

Author

Tomasz Hanć, Aleksandra Gomula, Natalia Nowak-Szczepanska, Raja Chakraborty, and Sławomir Kozieł

Subjects
Medicine, Science
Abstract

Abstract The aim of this study was to assess the relation between early exposure to stressful events and symptoms of the Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children, based on the outcomes from a natural experiment. It was hypothesized that children pre- and postnatally exposed to cyclone Aila have increased ADHD symptoms compared to the control group, and the effect depends on the timing of the exposure. Indian children (8–11 years) prenatally (N = 336) and early postnatally (N = 216) exposed to cyclone Aila were compared to a non-exposed control peer group (N = 285). ADHD symptoms were assessed using the Conner’s Teacher Rating Scale Revised. The main effect of exposure to the cyclone on the total ADHD symptoms’ score, ADHD index, Hyperactivity and Oppositional symptoms was significant and independent to covariates: age and sex of children, gestational age and birth weight, maternal stress during the year before the study and the socioeconomic status of a family. The timing of exposure and sex of the children were found to be a significant moderator of the relation between early exposure to the natural disaster and ADHD symptoms. The prenatal, but also early postnatal exposure to stressful experiences such as a natural disaster, may disturb the development of cognitive functions and behavioural control, thus increasing the risk of ADHD in children.

Published
2022
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2. The effect of a natural disaster on handgrip strength in prepubertal Indian children exposed to a severe cyclone during the prenatal and early postnatal growth

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Sławomir Kozieł, Raja Chakraborty, Kaushik Bose, Zofia Ignasiak, Aleksandra Gomula, and Natalia Nowak-Szczepanska

Subjects
Medicine, Science
Abstract

Abstract Natural disasters (NDs) experienced by women and their children during prenatal and infant growth may have long-lasting effects on offspring’s development. Handgrip strength (HGS) is one of the measures of muscular strength and an indicator of health status. This study compared HGS in children exposed to cyclone Aila in India during their prenatal and infant growth compared to a control group from a non-affected, adjacent area. The total sample involved 444 boys and 423 girls aged 7–9 years, categorised into 3 groups: prenatally exposed to Aila, exposed to Aila in infancy, and the control group, non-exposed to Aila. Results revealed that prenatally exposed children of both sexes had significantly lower HGS than the controls (at least, p

Published
2021
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3. The effect of a natural disaster on handgrip strength in prepubertal Indian children exposed to a severe cyclone during the prenatal and early postnatal growth

Author

Kaushik Bose, Slawomir Koziel, Aleksandra Gomula, Raja Chakraborty, Zofia Ignasiak, and Natalia Nowak-Szczepanska

Subjects
Male, Physiology, Offspring, Natural Disasters, Birth weight, Science, India, Physical strength, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Developmental biology, Humans, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Postnatal growth, Child, Analysis of Variance, Multidisciplinary, Ecology, Hand Strength, Group factor, Cyclonic Storms, business.industry, Puberty, Confounding, Gestational age, Case-Control Studies, Female, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Natural disasters (NDs) experienced by women and their children during prenatal and infant growth may have long-lasting effects on offspring’s development. Handgrip strength (HGS) is one of the measures of muscular strength and an indicator of health status. This study compared HGS in children exposed to cyclone Aila in India during their prenatal and infant growth compared to a control group from a non-affected, adjacent area. The total sample involved 444 boys and 423 girls aged 7–9 years, categorised into 3 groups: prenatally exposed to Aila, exposed to Aila in infancy, and the control group, non-exposed to Aila. Results revealed that prenatally exposed children of both sexes had significantly lower HGS than the controls (at least, p

Published
2021

4. Mid-upper arm circumference and body mass index as different screening tools of nutritional and weight status in Polish schoolchildren across socio-political changes

Author

Natalia Nowak-Szczepanska, Aleksandra Gomula, and Slawomir Koziel

Subjects
Male, 0301 basic medicine, Adolescent, Mid upper arm circumference, Nutritional Status, lcsh:Medicine, Affect (psychology), Article, Body Mass Index, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Humans, Medicine, Screening tool, Child, lcsh:Science, Socioeconomic status, Weight status, Ecological epidemiology, Socioeconomic scenarios, Multidisciplinary, Political Systems, business.industry, Body Weight, lcsh:R, Anthropometry, Circumference, 030104 developmental biology, Social Class, Arm, Female, lcsh:Q, Poland, business, Body mass index, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Demography
Abstract

Intergenerational changes in many biological traits are indicators of environmental conditions. One of such anthropometric measures is the mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) which estimates nutritional status. Likewise, Body Mass Index (BMI) is widely used as an anthropometric indicator of relative weight. The aim of this study was to reveal secular trends in MUAC and BMI, as biological indicators of changing living conditions, between 1966 and 2012 among Polish children from different socioeconomic groups. Total sample involved 64 393 schoolchildren aged 7–18 years, investigated in 4 Surveys (1966, 1978, 1988, 2012). Overall socioeconomic status (SES) was divided into two categories: lower and higher (including: urbanization, family size, parental education). Results showed that MUAC and BMI differed significantly with respect to the year of survey, sex and SES category. Both measures were higher within higher SES group compared to the lower one until 1988, while in 2012 convergence of these indicators in both SES categories was observed. Both the year of survey, sex, SES category and interactions between them had higher impact on MUAC than BMI (measured by effect size). Our findings revealed that long-term socioeconomic changes affect MUAC more noticeably than BMI. Therefore MUAC may be a more accurate screening tool.

Published
2019

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