Serum lead, cadmium, and zinc levels in newborns with neural tube defects from a polluted zone in Mexico

被引：29

作者：

Carrillo-Ponce, MD ^{[1
]}

Martínez-Ordaz, VA ^{[1
]}

Velasco-Rodríguez, VM ^{[1
]}

Hernández-García, A ^{[1
]}

Hernández-Serrano, MC ^{[1
]}

Sanmiguel, F ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Mexican Inst Social Secur, Nacl Med Ctr Torreon, Clin Epidemiol Res Unit, Unidad Invest Epidemiol Clin, Torreon 27200, Coahuila, Mexico

来源：

REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY | 2004年 / 19卷 / 02期

关键词：

lead; cadmium; zinc; neural tube defects; newborn babies; congenital malformations;

D O I：

10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.07.003

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Serum lead, cadmium and zinc levels from 31 newborns with neural tube defects (NTD), and 54 healthy controls living in a polluted area in Mexico were estimated using atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS). NTD family history was found to be of greater importance in the case group (OR 6.95, 95% CI 1.51-36.3, p = 0.002). In 25% of the children, serum lead concentrations were above the admissible maximum level (AML) of 10 mug/dL within 24 h of extra-uterine life. Cadmium concentrations were below the AML. Zinc deficiency was found in nine (29%) of the cases and four (9.3%) of the controls (p = 0.04). The logistic regression multivariate analysis showed no correlation between NTD and high levels of any of these metals; however, a positive correlation was found to zinc deficiency (OR 5.0, 95% CI 1.07-23.00, p = 0.04). These results focus attention to the surrounding nutritional and maternal health factors of major importance in disease etiology. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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