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Archives   1994

Myanmar   Health   Sciences   Research   Journal

Volume   6,  Number   2

TITLE:   Vitamin A status of the newborn in relation to birth weight, gestational age and maternal vitamin A levels.
AUTHOR:   Myo Khin; Khin Maung Naing; Khin May Oo; Thane Toe
SOURCE:   Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal. 1994; 6(2): 82-86
ABSTRACT:   Vitamin A concentrations of 53 newborns delivered at Central Women's Hospita Yangon, and their mothers were studied. The mean cord vitamin A concentration (17.19 ± 7.5 ug/dl) was significantly less than mean maternal vitamin A concentration (63.58 ± 37.5 ug/dl) (p 0.0001). The mean cord vitamin A concentration of newborn to mothers with vitamin A concentration loss than 20 ug/dl was significantly less than those of newborns born to mothers with maternal vitamin A concentrations more than 20 ug/dl (12.82 ± 1.8 vs 17.74 ± 7.3 ug/dl) (p 0.01). Variation in birth weight was associated with differences in maternal vitamin A concentrations; lower maternal vitamin A was seen in low birth weight babies as compared to normal birth weight babies (44.13 ± 37.7 ug/dl vs 69.28 ± 35.8 ug/dl). No significant correlation between cord vitamin A levels and gestational age was found. The present study demonstrates that the vitamin A status of the newborn is influenced by maternal vitamin A status.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:   Vitamin A Deficiency. Pregnancy. Birth Weight. Gestational Age.
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