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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
neuroscience
Association between prenatal exposure to methylmercury and visuospatial ability at 10.7 years in the seychelles child development study
NeuroToxicology, Volume 29, No. 3, Year 2008
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The Seychelles Child Development Study was designed to test the hypothesis that prenatal exposure to MeHg from maternal consumption of a diet high in fish is detrimental to child neurodevelopment. To date, no consistent pattern of adverse associations between prenatal exposure and children's development has appeared. In a comprehensive review of developmental studies involving MeHg, a panel of experts recommended a more consistent use of the same endpoints across studies to facilitate comparisons. Both the SCDS and the Faeroe Islands studies administered the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test. However, the method of test administration and scoring used was different. We repeated the test on the SCDS Main Study children (mean age 10.7 years) using the same testing and scoring procedure reported by the Faeroe studies to obtain Copying Task and Reproduction Task scores. We found no association between prenatal MeHg exposure and Copying Task scores which was reported from the Faeroese study. However, our analysis did show a significant adverse association between MeHg and Reproduction Task scores with all the data (p = 0.04), but not when the single outlier was removed (p = 0.07). In a population whose exposure to MeHg is from fish consumption, we continue to find no consistent adverse association between MeHg and visual motor coordination. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Davidson, Philip W.
United States, Rochester
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Jean-Sloane-Reeves,
United States, Rochester
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Myers, Gary J.
United States, Rochester
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Hansen, Ole Nørby
Denmark, Herning
Regionshospitalet Herning
Huang, L. S.
United States, Rochester
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Georger, Lesley A.
United States, Rochester
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Cox, Christopher F.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Thurston, Sally W.
United States, Rochester
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Shamlaye, Conrad F.
Seychelles, Mahe
Ministry of Health Seychelles
Clarkson, Thomas William
United States, Rochester
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Statistics
Citations: 56
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.neuro.2008.02.009
ISSN:
0161813X
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Seychelles