Vitamin C, E and A Levels in Maternal and Fetal Blood for Czech and Gypsy Ethnic Groups in the Czech Republic

Dejmek, J; Ginter, E; Solanský, Ivo; Podrazilova, Katerina; Stávková, Zdena; Beneš, I; Srám, Radim J.

doi:10.1024/0300-9831.72.3.183

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“…Vitamin E, a lipophilic antioxidant, appears to be the most important micronutrient involved in the protection of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) from oxidation ( 13 ). Previous reports have shown that serum contents of fat-soluble nutrients in newborns have been shown to be much lower than those in mothers ( 14 ); but in contrast, serum contents of hydrophilic nutrients in newborns have been higher than those in mothers ( 15 ).…”

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Concentrations of Antioxidant Vitamins in Maternal and Cord Serum and Their Effect on Birth Outcomes

Wang

Ren

Liao

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J Nutr Sci Vitaminol

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Summary Background: Emerging evidence indicates that maternal oxidative stress during pregnancy could impair fetal growth and that antioxidant vitamins (e.g. vitamins A, E and C) have a significant role in miantaining physiological processes of pregnancy and growth. Aims: To determine the concentrations of vitamins A, E, and C in pair-matched maternal and cord serum samples of neonate, and thus to investigate the relationship between maternal serum levels of these vitamins at delivery and birth outcomes. Methods: A total of 143 mother-neonate pairs were recruited into the cross-sectional descriptive study. Demographic information was investigated by questionnaire. After delivery, both cord and maternal blood were collected for quantification of serum levels of vitamins A, E and C by HPLC. Results: Maternal serum levels of vitamins A and E were significantly higher than those in cord serum. In contrast, vitamin C level in cord serum was significantly higher than that in maternal serum. Further, we found that maternal vitamin A status was significantly correlated to both birth weight ( r ϭ 0.19, p ϭ 0.0419) and birth height ( r ϭ 0.21, p ϭ 0.0311), and these were manifested by these findings: (i) per 250.2 g reduction in birth weight concomitant with 1 mol/L increase in maternal serum vitamin A level ( p Ͻ 0.01; 95% CI: 56.9-451.5); and (ii) per 1% increase in the ratio of serum vitamin A level of neonate to mother concomitant with 0.8 cm increase in birth height ( p ϭ 0.049; 95% CI: 0.004-1.639). Conclusion: Maternal vitamin A, but not vitamins E and C, during pregnancy had a significant effect on birth outcomes. Further studies are necessary to investigate the role of these antioxidant vitamins in fetal growth at various gestation stages.

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Concentrations of Antioxidant Vitamins in Maternal and Cord Serum and Their Effect on Birth Outcomes

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“…Vitamins A, C and E are essential in a wide range of physiological processes such as pregnancy, promotion of general growth, ameliorating increased oxidative stress during pregnancy, and the provision of antioxidant defence to the foetus (19,20) . Downie et al found that maternal vitamin A supplementation resulted in increased foetal growth (21) .…”

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Association of antioxidant vitamins and oxidative stress levels in pregnancy with infant growth during the first year of life

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Park²,

Kim³

et al. 2008

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Objective: Whereas there are numerous reports in the literature relating the impact of maternal nutritional status on subsequent birth outcome, much less is known about the long-term impact on infant growth after birth. Therefore, we conducted a prospective cohort study to investigate the association of maternal micronutrient status (vitamins A, C and E, folate) and oxidative stress status in pregnancy with infant growth during the first year of life. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Outpatient clinic of obstetrics, Ewha Womans University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. Subjects and methods: Two groups were constructed for this study -the Ewha pregnancy cohort (n 5 677) and the infant growth cohort comprising follow-up live newborns of all the recruited pregnant women (n 5 317). Maternal serum vitamin and urinary oxidative stress levels were collected and infant weights and heights were measured at birth and at 6 and 12 months after birth. Results: Division of the subjects into folate-deficient and normal groups revealed that infant weight and height at 0, 6 and 12 months were adversely affected by folate deficiency. High maternal vitamin C was associated with increased infant weight and height at birth and after birth. Conclusion: Our findings indicate the importance of preventing folate deficiency and supplementing vitamin C during pregnancy.

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“…During pregnancy, the fetus is relatively protected from free radicals in the uterine environment, but faces increased oxidative action at birth (4) . Antioxidant status of the newborn is influenced by maternal dietary intake (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11) . The health implications of antioxidant supply during early life are a relatively novel field of research.…”

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Sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics are associated with antioxidant intake and the consumption of their dietary sources during pregnancy

Uusitalo

Ovaskainen

et al. 2008

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Objective: To analyse the associations of selected sociodemographic and lifestyle factors with the intake of antioxidant nutrients and consumption of their main dietary sources among pregnant women. Design: A population-based cohort study. Dietary intake during pregnancy was assessed by a self-administered FFQ one to three months after the delivery. Setting: Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (DIPP) Project. Subjects: Subjects comprised 3730 women (70?1 % of those invited) who entered the DIPP Nutrition Study after delivering a child at increased genetic risk for type 1 diabetes at the university hospitals in Oulu and Tampere, Finland, 1997Finland, -2002. Results: All sociodemographic and lifestyle factors studied showed significant associations with antioxidant intake in multiple regression models adjusting for all other factors. Older and more educated women tended to have higher intake of most antioxidants. Parity was positively associated with retinol intake and inversely with vitamin C intake. Smokers had lower intakes of most antioxidants. Only the partner's education was positively associated with high intake of fruits, whereas own education was positively associated with berry consumption. Vegetable consumption was positively associated with partner's education except for women with academic education, who tended to have high vegetable consumption irrespective of partner's education. Conclusions: Young women, smokers and those with a low education are at risk for low antioxidant intake and non-optimal food choices during pregnancy.

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Vitamin C, E and A Levels in Maternal and Fetal Blood for Czech and Gypsy Ethnic Groups in the Czech Republic

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Concentrations of Antioxidant Vitamins in Maternal and Cord Serum and Their Effect on Birth Outcomes

Concentrations of Antioxidant Vitamins in Maternal and Cord Serum and Their Effect on Birth Outcomes

Association of antioxidant vitamins and oxidative stress levels in pregnancy with infant growth during the first year of life

Sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics are associated with antioxidant intake and the consumption of their dietary sources during pregnancy

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