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The problem
Intervention: Prospective cohort study examining the association between maternal age at childbirth and offspring outcomes
Who it was tested with: Offspring from five low- and middle-income countries followed from birth into adulthood.
Children or communities are compared with a group that did not receive the intervention, or followed over years. This is the design that best separates what the intervention did from everything else that changed.
"Few studies have examined these associations in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and none have studied adult outcomes in the offspring. We aimed to examine both child and adult outcomes in five LMICs." This prospective study design with a defined population across multiple countries allows for tracking of associations over time, meeting the threshold for experimental evidence, though actual findings cannot be assessed from the metadata provided.
Only the title and abstract are provided; no results, specific countries, sample size, or statistical findings are available to assess the evidence.
Across countries and designs
2 studies · 0 countries
