Author, as appears in the article.: Pérez-García M, Luna JD, Torres-Espínola FJ, Martínez-Zaldívar C, Anjos T, Steenweg-de Graaff J, Weber M, Grote V, Gruszfeld D, Verduci E, Poncelet P, Escribano J, Tiemeier H, Koletzko B, Campoy C.

Department: Medicina i Cirurgia

URV's Author/s: Closa Monasterolo, Ricardo / Escribano Subías, Joaquín

Keywords: Nutrición infantil Neuropsychological testing Mental performance Diets Cultures Children mental performance diets cultures children

Abstract: Cultural background is an important variable influencing neuropsychological performance. Multinational projects usually involve gathering data from participants from different countries and/or different cultures. Little is known about the influence of culture on neuropsychological testing results in children and especially in European children. The objectives of this study were to compare neuropsychological performance of children from six European countries (Belgium, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland and Spain) using a comprehensive neuropsychological battery and to apply a statistical procedure to reduce the influence of country/cultural differences in neuropsychological performance. As expected, the results demonstrated differences in neuropsychological performance among children of the six countries involved. Cultural differences remained after adjusting for other confounders related to neuropsychological execution, such as sex, type of delivery, maternal age, gestational age and maternal educational level. Differences between countries disappeared and influence of culture was considerably reduced when standardised scores by country and sex were used. These results highlight the need for developing specific procedures to compare neuropsychological performance among children from different cultures to be used in multicentre studies.

Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Odontología Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar General medicine Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias ii Educação física Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología Biodiversidade Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 14752662

Author's mail: joaquin.escribano@urv.cat ricardo.closa@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-5041-459X 0000-0002-9963-4163

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/cultural-effects-on-neurodevelopmental-testing-in-children-from-six-european-countries-an-analysis-of-nutrimenthe-global-database/69AAB931604F2CD3453CD71AA3C92681

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: British Journal Of Nutrition. 122 (s1): S59-S67

APA: Pérez-García M, Luna JD, Torres-Espínola FJ, Martínez-Zaldívar C, Anjos T, Steenweg-de Graaff J, Weber M, Grote V, Gruszfeld D, Verduci E, Poncelet P, (2019). Cultural effects on neurodevelopmental testing in children from six European countries: an analysis of NUTRIMENTHE Global Database. British Journal Of Nutrition, 122(s1), S59-S67. DOI: 10.1017/S0007114517000824

Article's DOI: 10.1017/s0007114517000824

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2019

Publication Type: Journal Publications