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<strong>Seafood</strong> Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks<br />

http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11762.html<br />

SEAFOOD ChOICES<br />

TABLE B-1d Studies on Development (Anthropometry, Visual Acuity,<br />

and Cognition): Effects on Infants of Mothers Who Increase <strong>Seafood</strong><br />

and/or Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake<br />

Author Study Type Subjects Exposure<br />

Cohen<br />

et al., 2005<br />

Jensen<br />

et al., 2005<br />

Review Aggregated 8 randomized<br />

controlled trials<br />

(one study of maternal<br />

dietary supplementation<br />

and seven studies of formula<br />

supplementation)<br />

Randomized<br />

Controlled<br />

Trial<br />

Pregnant women (n=114<br />

in DHA group; n=113<br />

in control group)<br />

Aged 18-40 years<br />

Houston, TX<br />

White (75% DHA group;<br />

79% control group)<br />

African American (19%<br />

DHA group; 13%<br />

control group)<br />

Gestational age >37 weeks<br />

Infant birth weight 2500-<br />

4200 g<br />

No chronic maternal disorders<br />

as well as major<br />

congenital anomalies<br />

and obvious gastrointestinal<br />

or metabolic<br />

disorders of the infant<br />

DHA<br />

supplement<br />

DHA<br />

supplement<br />

Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.<br />

Timing of<br />

Exposure<br />

Day 5 after<br />

delivery<br />

until 4 months<br />

postpartum

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