title: Zinc status in women with premature rupture of membranes at term.
abstract: Zinc concentrations were measured by atomic absorption spectrometry in whole blood, scalp hair, pubic hair, and colostrum from patients at term with and without premature rupture of membranes (PROM). A maternal zinc index was established for each patient, expressed as an average ranking of the four determinations. The mean +/- SD value of the maternal zinc index in patients with PROM was significantly lower than in patients without this complication (4.33 +/- 1.18 versus 5.97 +/- 1.39, respectively; P = .0002). The inverse relationship between maternal zinc index and parity was statistically significant (r = -0.61; P = .04). These results suggest that the subnormal tissue zinc content in pregnancy may play a role as a causative factor in PROM at term.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sikorski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Juszkiewicz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paszkowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis* / Q000172:deficiency
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc