MATERNAL ZINC, IRON, FOLIC-ACID, AND PROTEIN NUTRITURE AND OUTCOME OF HUMAN-PREGNANCY
MATERNAL ZINC, IRON, FOLIC-ACID, AND PROTEIN NUTRITURE AND OUTCOME OF HUMAN-PREGNANCY
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DOI:
10.1093/ajcn/40.3.496
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
7.1
通讯作者:
STELLING, HP
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作者:
MUKHERJEE, MD;SANDSTEAD, HH;STELLING, HP
Women (450) were observed during pregnancy and postpartum. Variables (13) including 12 laboratory indices of maternal nutrient status were assessed. Of the variance in fetal weight and head circumference 9.9 and 8.1%, respectively, were predictable by polynomial stepwise regression of laboratory indices of maternal nutrition. Maternal plasma Zn levels were inversely correlated with fetal weight. The occurrence of pregnancy complications in the highest and lowest quartiles of maternal plasma Zn, albumin, iron and folic acid were compared. Using data only from the initial blood samples for which the trimester was identified precisely (n = 394), a significant association was found between the total occurrence of fetomaternal complications and Zn and albumin levels in the lowest quartile (Zn, P < 0.02; albumin, P < 0.02). Low Zn or low albumin were also associated with the specific complications of fetal distress (Zn, P < 0.002; albumin P < 0.02). high plasma folate was also associated with the total occurrence of complications (P < 0.008) and with fetal distress (P < 0.002). When all data (n = 713) including repeat blood samples and data from 56 mothers in whom the trimester could not be verified precisely were evaluated, associations between other complications and lowest quartile Zn and albumin and highest quartile folate were identified. Discriminant analysis of data from the initial blood samples revealed that plasma Zn was a discriminator for fetomaternal complications only in women in the lowest quartile for plasma Zn.