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Vitamin E status of the newborn in relation to gestational age, birth weight and maternal vitamin E status

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Raksha S. Shan ,
R. Rajalakshmi ,
R. V. Bhatt ,
M. N. Hazra ,
B. C. Patel ,
N. B. Swamy  and
T. V. Patel
Raksha S. Shan
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, M.S. University, Baroda-390002, India
R. Rajalakshmi
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, M.S. University, Baroda-390002, India
R. V. Bhatt
Affiliation:
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, S.S.G. Hospital, Baroda, India
M. N. Hazra
Affiliation:
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, S.S.G. Hospital, Baroda, India
B. C. Patel
Affiliation:
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, S.S.G. Hospital, Baroda, India
N. B. Swamy
Affiliation:
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, S.S.G. Hospital, Baroda, India
T. V. Patel
Affiliation:
Kalpana Clinic, Baroda, India
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1. Studies were made on the vitamin E status of the newborn as judged by cord serum vitamin E and erythrocyte haemolysis in vitro in relation to gestational age, birth weight and maternal vitamin E status in subjects belonging to low (LIG)- and high (HIG)-income groups in urban Baroda.

2. In the case of full-term infants, the mean values for maternal serum vitamin E (mg/l) for LIG (n 73) and HIG (n 43) were 9.9 (SE 0.4) and 11.6 (SE 0.5). The corresponding values for cord serum vitamin E were 3.6 (SE 0.2) and 4.6 (SE 0.2) mg/l.

3. Serum vitamin E levels (mg/l) were lower in premature infants (2.3 (SE 0.2); n 20) and low-birth-weight full- term infants (2.9 (SE 0.2); n 25) than in full-term normal infants (4.2 (SE 0.1); n 91). This was associated with differences in maternal serum vitamin E levels (7.4 (SE 05), 8.2 (SE 0.5) and 11.1 (SE 0.3) respectively). The differences were more marked for LIG.

4. A negative correlation was found between serum vitamin E and erythrocyte haemolysis in vitro in the case of maternal blood but not in cord blood.

5. These results suggest that maternal vitamin E deficiency is one of the features associated with prematurity and intra-uterine growth retardation.

Type
Clinical and Human Nutrition papers: Studies in Man
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , September 1987 , pp. 191 - 198
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1987

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