AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate the benefit of antioxidant supplementation in a cohort of women with low antioxidant status and determine the changes in cell-free mRNA. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study was a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 8-12 weeks' pregnant women who had low antioxidant status treated with either antioxidants or control diets daily until 2 weeks' postpartum. The primary end-point was the risk of pre-eclampsia and the secondary end-point was the changes of angiogenic and anti-oxidant mRNA markers related to the outcome (ClinicalTrial.gov, number NCT01232205). RESULTS: There were 110 women enrolled in the study, randomly assigned to the supplementation (n = 52) and control group (n = 58). The overall rate of pre-eclampsia was 8.7% (nine subjects). There were significant differences (P = 0.034) between the supplementation and control group in the incidence of pre-eclampsia (2.0% [one case] and 14.5% [eight cases], respectively) and mRNA level of superoxide-dismutase, heme oxygenase-1, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1, endoglin and placental growth factor after supplementation. CONCLUSION: Supplementation of women with low antioxidant status withmicronutrients containing antioxidants during early gestation might reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia.
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AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate the benefit of antioxidant supplementation in a cohort of women with low antioxidant status and determine the changes in cell-free mRNA. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study was a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 8-12 weeks' pregnant women who had low antioxidant status treated with either antioxidants or control diets daily until 2 weeks' postpartum. The primary end-point was the risk of pre-eclampsia and the secondary end-point was the changes of angiogenic and anti-oxidant mRNA markers related to the outcome (ClinicalTrial.gov, number NCT01232205). RESULTS: There were 110 women enrolled in the study, randomly assigned to the supplementation (n = 52) and control group (n = 58). The overall rate of pre-eclampsia was 8.7% (nine subjects). There were significant differences (P = 0.034) between the supplementation and control group in the incidence of pre-eclampsia (2.0% [one case] and 14.5% [eight cases], respectively) and mRNA level of superoxide-dismutase, heme oxygenase-1, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1, endoglin and placental growth factor after supplementation. CONCLUSION: Supplementation of women with low antioxidant status with micronutrients containing antioxidants during early gestation might reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia.
Authors: Olukunmi O Balogun; Katharina da Silva Lopes; Erika Ota; Yo Takemoto; Alice Rumbold; Mizuki Takegata; Rintaro Mori Journal: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Date: 2016-05-06
Authors: Arpita Basu; Jeremy Y Yu; Alicia J Jenkins; Alison J Nankervis; Kristian F Hanssen; Tore Henriksen; Bjørg Lorentzen; Satish K Garg; M Kathryn Menard; Samar M Hammad; James A Scardo; Christopher E Aston; Timothy J Lyons Journal: Nutr Res Date: 2015-04-11 Impact factor: 3.315