Marisa N Spann1, Jennifer Smerling2, Hanna Gustafsson3, Sophie Foss3, Margaret Altemus4, Catherine Monk5. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: spannma@nyspi.columbia.edu. 2. Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue, MC 5501, New York, NY 10027, USA. 3. Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA. 4. Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA. 5. Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, Herbert Irving Pavilion, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Few studies of maternal prenatal diet and child development examine micronutrient status in relation to fetal assessment. METHODS: Twenty-four-hour dietary recall of zinc and folate and 20min of fetal heart rate were collected from 3rd trimester pregnant adolescents. RESULTS: Deficient zinc was associated with less fetal heart rate variability. Deficient folate had no associations with HRV. Neither deficient zinc nor deficient folate was related to fetal heart rate. CONCLUSIONS: These findings, from naturalistic observation, are consistent with emerging data on prenatal zinc supplementation using a randomized control design. PRACTICAL IMPLICATION: Taken together, the findings suggest that maternal prenatal zinc intake is an important and novel factor for understanding child ANS development.
OBJECTIVE: Few studies of maternal prenatal diet and child development examine micronutrient status in relation to fetal assessment. METHODS: Twenty-four-hour dietary recall of zinc and folate and 20min of fetal heart rate were collected from 3rd trimester pregnant adolescents. RESULTS: Deficient zinc was associated with less fetal heart rate variability. Deficient folate had no associations with HRV. Neither deficient zinc nor deficient folate was related to fetal heart rate. CONCLUSIONS: These findings, from naturalistic observation, are consistent with emerging data on prenatal zinc supplementation using a randomized control design. PRACTICAL IMPLICATION: Taken together, the findings suggest that maternal prenatal zinc intake is an important and novel factor for understanding child ANS development.
Authors: Janet A DiPietro; Laura Caulfield; Kathleen A Costigan; Mario Merialdi; Ruby H N Nguyen; Nelly Zavaleta; Edith D Gurewitsch Journal: Dev Psychol Date: 2004-05
Authors: Sabine J Roza; Tamara van Batenburg-Eddes; Eric A P Steegers; Vincent W V Jaddoe; Johan P Mackenbach; Albert Hofman; Frank C Verhulst; Henning Tiemeier Journal: Br J Nutr Date: 2009-09-22 Impact factor: 3.718