2007
Vitamins and Perinatal Outcomes Among HIV-Negative Women in Tanzania
Fawzi W, Msamanga G, Urassa W, Hertzmark E, Petraro P, Willett W, Spiegelman D. Vitamins and Perinatal Outcomes Among HIV-Negative Women in Tanzania. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey 2007, 62: 561-563. DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000279296.97522.77.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow birth weightGestational age infantsHIV-negative womenMultivitamin groupBirth weightRelative riskPlacebo groupPreterm birthFetal deathGestational ageMultivitamin supplementsPregnant womenMicronutrient statusDouble-blind trialFolic acidMean birth weightSimilar baseline characteristicsWeeks gestational ageConfidence intervalsPrenatal vitamin supplementationHigher hemoglobin levelsPlacebo recipientsMaternal anemiaPerinatal outcomesBaseline characteristics
2005
Selenium status, pregnancy outcomes, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1.
Kupka R, Garland M, Msamanga G, Spiegelman D, Hunter D, Fawzi W. Selenium status, pregnancy outcomes, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2005, 39: 203-10. PMID: 15905738.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPregnancy outcomesPregnant womenChild transmissionLow selenium statusHIV transmissionMaternal HIV disease progressionHIV-positive pregnant womenSelenium statusDirect epidemiologic evidenceMTCT of HIVLow plasma selenium levelsHIV disease progressionPoor pregnancy outcomesRisk of motherWeeks of gestationMother-child pairsPlasma selenium levelsAdequate selenium statusFetal deathGestational ageEpidemiologic evidenceLow birthweightDisease progressionGenital tractHIV-1
2004
Estimating treatment effects in studies of perinatal transmission of HIV
Bang H, Spiegelman D. Estimating treatment effects in studies of perinatal transmission of HIV. Biostatistics 2004, 5: 31-43. PMID: 14744826, DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/5.1.31.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Randomised trial of effects of vitamin supplements on pregnancy outcomes and T cell counts in HIV-1-infected women in Tanzania
Fawzi W, Msamanga G, Spiegelman D, Urassa E, McGrath N, Mwakagile D, Antelman G, Mbise R, Kapiga S, Willett W, Hunter D, Team F, Herrera G. Randomised trial of effects of vitamin supplements on pregnancy outcomes and T cell counts in HIV-1-infected women in Tanzania. The Lancet 1998, 351: 1477-1482. PMID: 9605804, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)04197-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1-infected womenT-cell countsHIV-1 diseaseBirth outcomesVitamin APregnancy outcomesMultivitamin supplementationHIV-1-infected pregnant womenPoor micronutrient statusTrial of effectAdverse pregnancy outcomesPlacebo-controlled trialT lymphocyte subsetsAdverse birth outcomesEffects of multivitaminsSevere preterm birthsLymphocyte subsetsPreterm birthFetal deathWeeks' gestationGestational ageClinical progressionPregnant womenLow birthweightFaster progression