Zinc status and cognitive function of pregnant women in Southern Ethiopia
| Autor: | Barbara J. Stoecker, Isabel Arbide, Laura Hubbs-Tait, Yewelsew Abebe, Akilu Teshome, Nancy F. Krebs, Rosalind S. Gibson, Tay Kennedy, Jamie E Westcott, K M Hambidge |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Nutritional Status Medicine (miscellaneous) chemistry.chemical_element Zinc Article Cognition Raven's Progressive Matrices Pregnancy Internal medicine medicine Humans Nutrition and Dietetics Obstetrics business.industry Iron Deficiencies medicine.disease Diet Trace Elements Pregnancy Complications Cross-Sectional Studies Endocrinology chemistry Blood chemistry Zinc deficiency Educational Status Regression Analysis Gestation Female Ethiopia business Body mass index Maternal Age |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 63:916-918 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5640 0954-3007 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/ejcn.2008.77 |
| Popis: | The relation between zinc status and cognitive function was examined in a cross-sectional study in the Sidama area of Southern Ethiopia. Pregnant women >24 weeks of gestation from three adjacent rural villages volunteered to participate. Mean (s.d.) plasma zinc of 99 women was 6.97 (1.07) μmol/l (below the cutoff of 7.6 μmol/l indicative of zinc deficiency at this stage of gestation). The Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) test was administered individually. Scores for the Raven’s scale A, which is the simplest scale, ranged from 4 to 10 of a possible 12. Women with plasma zinc 7.6 μmol/l. Plasma zinc and maternal age and education predicted 17% of the variation in Raven’s CPM scale A scores. We conclude that zinc deficiency is a major factor affecting cognition in these pregnant women. |
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