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TY - GEN ID - cogprints7966 UR - http://cogprints.org/7966/ A1 - Ugwuja, EI A1 - Ejikeme, BN A1 - Ugwu, NC A1 - Obidoa, O Y1 - 2011/07/30/ N2 - 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 ? 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 < 0.05) higher in anaemic women in comparison to the non-anaemic women (10.11 � 10.15 vs. 8.68 � 7.92 �mol/l), plasma iron and zinc were lower (p > 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 < 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. PB - BS Kakkilaya KW - Anaemia; Pregnancy; Copper; Iron; Zinc; Abakaliki; Nigeria TI - A Comparative Study of Plasma Trace Elements (Copper, Iron and Zinc) Status in Anaemic and Non-anaemic Pregnant Women in Abakaliki, Nigeria AV - public ER -