?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Comparative+Study+of+Plasma+Trace+Elements+(Copper%2C+Iron+and+Zinc)+Status+in+Anaemic+and+Non-anaemic+Pregnant+Women+in+Abakaliki%2C+Nigeria&rft.creator=Ugwuja%2C+EI&rft.creator=Ejikeme%2C+BN&rft.creator=Ugwu%2C+NC&rft.creator=Obidoa%2C+O&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=For+a+comparative+study+of+plasma+copper%2C+iron+and+zinc+between+anaemic+and+non-anaemic+pregnant+women%2C+data+for+anaemic+(n+%3D+223)+and+non-anaemic+(n+%3D+126)+pregnant+women+drawn+from+a+cohort+of+351+pregnant+Nigerians+recruited+at+gestational+age+of+%E2%89%A4+25+weeks+for+the+study+of+impacts+of+trace+element+status+on+pregnancy+outcomes+were+analysed.+With+the+exception+of+plasma+copper+which+was+significantly+(p+%3C+0.05)+higher+in+anaemic+women+in+comparison+to+the+non-anaemic+women+(10.11+%C2%B1+10.15+vs.+8.68+%C2%B1+7.92+%C2%B5mol%2Fl)%2C+plasma+iron+and+zinc+were+lower+(p+%3E+0.05)+in+the+former.+While+plasma+copper%2C+iron+and+zinc+concentration+were+not+correlated+with+maternal+haemoglobin+concentration%2C+plasma+zinc+significantly+correlated+negatively+(r+%3D+-0.141%2C+p+%3C+0.05)+with+plasma+copper.+It+is+thus+concluded+that+anaemia+in+pregnant+women+in+this+population+may+partly+be+due+to+a+combination+of+trace+element+deficiencies+and+their+interactions+with+each+other.+While+interventions+should+go+beyond+improving+intakes%2C+more+research+is+desired+to+clearly+define+these+interactions.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7966%2F1%2F2011-2-10.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ugwuja%2C+EI+and+Ejikeme%2C+BN+and+Ugwu%2C+NC+and+Obidoa%2C+O++(2011)+A+Comparative+Study+of+Plasma+Trace+Elements+(Copper%2C+Iron+and+Zinc)+Status+in+Anaemic+and+Non-anaemic+Pregnant+Women+in+Abakaliki%2C+Nigeria.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7966%2F