Fat-soluble vitamins A and E and health disparities in a cohort of pregnant women at delivery

Autor: Corrine Hanson, Marina Verdi Schumacher, Elizabeth Lyden, Dejun Su, Jeremy Furtado, Rex Cammack, Bradley Bereitschaft, Matthew Van Ormer, Howard Needelman, Elizabeth McGinn, Katherine Rilett, Caleb Cave, Rebecca Johnson, Kara Weishaar, Ann Anderson-Berry
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Nutritional Science, Vol 7 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2048-6790
DOI: 10.1017/jns.2018.5
Popis: The objective of the present study was to evaluate intakes and serum levels of vitamin A, vitamin E, and related compounds in a cohort of maternal–infant pairs in the Midwestern USA in relation to measures of health disparities. Concentrations of carotenoids and tocopherols in maternal serum were measured using HPLC and measures of socio-economic status, including food security and food desert residence, were obtained in 180 mothers upon admission to a Midwestern Academic Medical Center labour and delivery unit. The Kruskal–Wallis and independent-samples t tests were used to compare measures between groups; logistic regression models were used to adjust for relevant confounders. P
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