Callender J E, Walker S P, Grantham-McGregor S M, Cooper E S
Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
Acta Paediatr. 1998 Dec;87(12):1247-9. doi: 10.1080/080352598750030924.
A follow-up study is reported of 18 children 4 y after treatment for the Trichuris dysentery syndrome (TDS) and matched control children. The TDS children were initially severely stunted and had extremely low developmental levels. They showed catch-up in height of 1.9 z-scores even though they remained in very poor environments. Their intelligence quotients, school achievement and cognitive function remained significantly lower than those of the controls. Controlling for their earlier developmental levels, the TDS children showed a small improvement in mental development relative to the controls.
本文报道了一项对18名患鞭虫痢疾综合征（TDS）的儿童及其匹配的对照儿童进行治疗4年后的随访研究。TDS儿童最初严重发育迟缓，发育水平极低。尽管他们仍处于非常恶劣的环境中，但身高追赶了1.9个标准差分数。他们的智商、学业成绩和认知功能仍显著低于对照组。在控制了他们早期的发育水平后，TDS儿童相对于对照组在智力发育方面有小幅改善。
