Abstract
The study was conducted in Mosul during the period from february to april 2009 including non-married and pregnant group composed of 35 and 105 apparently healthy women respectively. Pregnant group were subdivided equally according to their trimester into three subgroups, women in second and third trimester are having ferrous sulphate in their ingestion. Serum zinc measurements were done for these groups of women.the results showed that serum zinc concentration start to reduce significantly during second trimester continue to decline in third trimester in comparison with non-married group. Therefore, it is recommended to measure serum zinc during pregnancy with the use of optimal dose of zinc supplemental therapy.
Highlights
Zinc (Zn) is one of the trace elements necessary for health and growth
The objective of this study is to demonstrate the possible effect of pregnancy on serum Zn level in Mosul city
The results were statistically evaluated by standard statistical methods including mean ( X), standard deviation (SD), range, linear regression analysis (Pearson correlation coefficient r), student’s t-test (Khachatryan and Nikos, 1998 ; Jones, 2002; Chap, 2003) with computer software programs including Microsoft excel 2007 and statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) 11.5 (Joaquim, 2007)
Summary
Zinc (Zn) is one of the trace elements necessary for health and growth. It is present in the biological fluids as Zn+2 that has many biological functions related to its main function as a co-factor in more than 300 enzymes(Michaelsen et al, 1994; Burits et al, 2006). Group I considered as control composed of 35 apparently healthy non-married women, their ages ranged from (18-38) years.
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