Geophagy among pregnant and lactating women in Bondo District, western Kenya
In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, Jg. 98 (2004-12-01), Heft 12, S. 734-741
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Geophagy was studied among 827 pregnant women in western Kenya, during and after pregnancy. The women were recruited at a gestational age of 14–24 weeks and followed-up to 6 months post-partum. The median age (range) of the women was 23 years and median parity 2. At recruitment, 378 were eating earth, of which most (65%) reported earth-eating before pregnancy. The preferred type of earth eaten was soft stone, known locally as odowa (54.2%) and earth from termite mounds (42.8%). The prevalence remained high during pregnancy, and then declined to 34.5% and 29.6% at 3 and 6 months post-partum respectively (P < 0.001). The mean daily earth intake was 44.5 g during pregnancy, which declined to 25.5 g during lactation (P < 0.001). A random sample of 204 stools was collected from the women and analysed for silica content as a tracer for earth-eating. The mean silica content was 2.1% of the dry weight of stool. Geophagous women had a higher mean silica content than the non-geophagous ones (3.1% vs. 1.4%, P < 0.001). Faecal silica and reported geophagy were strongly correlated (P < 0.001). [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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Geophagy among pregnant and lactating women in Bondo District, western Kenya
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Luoba, Alfred I. ; Geissler, P. Wenzel ; Estambale, Benson ; Ouma, John H. ; Magnussen, Pascal ; Alusala, Dorkas ; Ayah, Rosemary ; Mwaniki, David ; Friis, Henrik |
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Zeitschrift: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, Jg. 98 (2004-12-01), Heft 12, S. 734-741 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2004 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0035-9203 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.01.009 |
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