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The relative contributions of prenatal alcohol use (PAE), maternal socioeconomic, and nutritional status on child development vary in high- versus low-income settings. We analyzed data from a prospective cohort study among mother-infant dyads from Cape Town (CT), South Africa and the Northern Plains (NP), USA. The Mullen Scales of Early Learning were administered by trained assessors to evaluate cognitive, motor, and language development of 1-year old children. We used multiple linear regression models to assess standardized mean differences in development scores by (1) maternal prenatal factors, (2) delivery factors and (3) child factors within each study site. 1,728 infants from CT and 1,140 infants from the NP were included in the analyses. In CT, infants with moderate-to-high PAE had 0.17 SD (95% CI \u22120.30, \u22120.04) lower cognitive and 0.15 SD (\u22120.29, \u22120.2) lower expressive language scores compared to infants without PAE. 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