Mercury Materno-fetal Burden and Its Nutritional Impact.

Autor:	Hameed ERA; Child Health Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt., Sherif LS; Child Health Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt., Samie OMA; Child Health Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt., Ahmed HH; Hormones Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt., Ahmed A; El-Galaa Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt., Atta H; El-Galaa Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt., Waheed H; Child Health Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt., Fahmy RF; Child Health Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences [Open Access Maced J Med Sci] 2018 Sep 24; Vol. 6 (9), pp. 1652-1658. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Sep 24 (Print Publication: 2018).
DOI:	10.3889/oamjms.2018.364
Abstrakt:	Background: Mercury exists worldwide in food, water and air throwing its health hazards on all body systems. Aim: To show the influence of the presence of mercury in pregnant mothers' blood on its level in the umbilical cord blood; and to display the relationship between the different foodstuff on the mercury levels in pregnant mothers' and umbilical cord blood. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on randomly chosen 113 pregnant mothers at the time of labour and on their newborns. Full history, sociodemographic data and food frequency questionnaire for dietary assessment were recorded. The Maternal and neonatal anthropometric measurements together with the Apgar scoring were also measured. Serum mercury levels in both mothers' and umbilical cord blood were measured using the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). Results: A high percentage of mothers (82.3%) were exposed to passive smoking. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between the maternal and fetal umbilical cord blood mercury levels (p = 0.002). There was an insignificant negative correlation between the maternal blood and fetal umbilical cord blood mercury levels on one side and each of the different foodstuff on the other side (fish, vegetables, fruits and proteins, for example, meat and legumes). An insignificant positive correlation was found between dairy products and of the maternal blood and umbilical cord blood mercury levels. Conclusion: The fetal umbilical cord blood mercury levels correlate positively with the maternal blood mercury. The different foodstuff can influence the maternal and umbilical cord blood mercury levels whether by increase or decrease. Strict measures should be taken to decrease environmental mercury contamination with attention to pregnant mothers.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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