@misc{cogprints7966,
          volume = {10},
          number = {2},
           month = {July},
          author = {EI Ugwuja and BN Ejikeme and NC Ugwu and O Obidoa},
          editor = {Dr Srinivas Kakkilaya},
           title = {A Comparative Study of Plasma Trace Elements (Copper, Iron and Zinc) Status in Anaemic and Non-anaemic Pregnant Women in Abakaliki, Nigeria},
       publisher = {BS Kakkilaya},
            year = {2011},
         journal = {Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences},
        keywords = {Anaemia; Pregnancy; Copper; Iron; Zinc; Abakaliki; Nigeria},
             url = {http://cogprints.org/7966/},
        abstract = {For a comparative study of plasma copper, iron and zinc between anaemic and non-anaemic pregnant women, data for anaemic (n = 223) and non-anaemic (n = 126) pregnant women drawn from a cohort of 351 pregnant Nigerians recruited at gestational age of {$\leq$} 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 {\ensuremath{<}} 0.05) higher in anaemic women in comparison to the non-anaemic women (10.11 {$\pm$} 10.15 vs. 8.68 {$\pm$} 7.92 ?mol/l), plasma iron and zinc were lower (p {\ensuremath{>}} 0.05) in the former. While plasma copper, iron and zinc concentration were not correlated with maternal haemoglobin concentration, plasma zinc significantly correlated negatively (r = -0.141, p {\ensuremath{<}} 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, more research is desired to clearly define these interactions.}
}

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