María Sánchez-Campillo, Antonio Gázquez, Ana Serrano-Munera, Marino B Arnao, Francisco Avilés-Plaza, Azahara M Garcia-Serna, José A Noguera-Velasco, Ana Martínez-López de Castro, Carmen Martínez-Graciá, Clara Suárez-Martínez, Marina Santaella-Pascual, Jesús Vioque, Carmen Montoya-Hernández, Carmen Ballesteros-Meseguer, Marisa Sánchez-Ferrer, Virginia Perez-Fernandez, Eva Morales, Luis García-Marcos, Elvira Larqué
INTRODUCTION: Most of pregnant women do not achieve the recommended dietary intake of vitamins A and E. These vitamins may counteract oxidative stress involved in some adverse perinatal outcomes. We aimed to assess the associations between maternal vitamin A and E at mid-pregnancy with both maternal and fetal outcomes and to identify possible early biomarkers during pregnancy to predict and prevent oxidative stress in the offspring. METHODS: Data on dietary and serum levels of vitamins A and E were collected from 544 pregnant women from the Nutrition in Early Life and Asthma (NELA) study, a prospective mother-child cohort set up in Spain...
June 2, 2023: Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism