Calcium and Magnesium status of Nigerian parturient mothers and their newborns

• Published in: Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1997-09, Vol.17 (9), p.1401-1408
• Main Authors: Korede, Olawumi, Danladi, Icce, Shittu, O.S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: AGE; AGE DIFFERENCES; BEBES; Biological and medical sciences; BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES; BLOOD SERUM; CALCIO; CALCIUM; DIFERENCIAS BIOLOGICAS; DIFFERENCE BIOLOGIQUE; EDAD; ENFANT EN BAS AGE; EQUATIONS; ESTADO NUTRICIONAL; ESTRUCTURA SOCIAL; ETAT NUTRITIONNEL; FEMME; FORECASTING; GESTACION; GESTATION; HAEMOGLOBIN; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINA; HEMOGLOBINE; Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology; INFANTS; INSTRUMENT DE MESURE; INSTRUMENTOS DE MEDICION; MADRE; MAGNESIO; MAGNESIUM; MATEMATICAS; MATHEMATICS; MATHEMATIQUE; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; Medical sciences; MERE; MOTHERS; MUJERES; NEONATES; Newborn; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; Nutritional survey. Food supply and nutritional requirement; PARTO; Parturient mothers; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; Serum calcium; Serum magnesium; SERUM SANGUIN; SEX; SEXE; SEXO; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STRUCTURE SOCIALE; SUERO SANGUINEO; TECHNIQUE DE PREVISION; TECNICAS DE PREDICCION; Tropical medicine; WOMEN
• ISSN: 0271-5317; 1879-0739
• DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(97)00131-0

The serum calcium (Ca) and Magnesium concentrations of 55 apparently healthy mothers and their neonates were assessed as indices of Ca and Mg Nutriture at parturition. Mean maternal serum Ca and Mg concentrations was 8.9 ± 3.8mg/dl and 1.57 ± 0.2mg/dl respectively while fetal serum Ca and Mg was 9.8 ± 2.9 and 1.67 ± 0.50mg/dl respectively. Although parturient adolescents had slightly higher (P > 0.05) serum Ca and Mg concentrations than older women, age, sex and socioeconomic status had no apparent effect (P > 0.05) on the Ca and Mg status of either the parturient mothers or their neonates. Maternal age was inversely correlated (r = -0.332 P < 0.01) with maternal Mg concentration. A similar metabolic relationship existed between maternal PCV (r = -0.274 P < 0.05) and maternal Mg concentration. Maternal Mg was positively and significantly correlated with maternal Ca (y = 6.749 + 0.76 × r 0.615) while fetal Mg was also associated with fetal calcium (r = 0.363 P < 0.01). Presentdata revealed that our parturient mothers had acceptable Ca and Mg status despite compromised intakes and foetal transfer.