Maternal Diet Quality and the Health Status of Newborns
Jitka Pavlikova,
Antonin Ambroz,
Katerina Honkova,
Irena Chvojkova,
Radim J. Sram,
Pavel Rossner,
Jan Topinka,
Tomas Gramblicka,
Ondrej Parizek,
Denisa Parizkova,
Jana Schmuczerova,
Jana Pulkrabova,
Andrea Rossnerova
Affiliations
Jitka Pavlikova
Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR, Department of Genetic Toxicology and Epigenetics, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
Antonin Ambroz
Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR, Department of Nanotoxicology and Molecular Epidemiology, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
Katerina Honkova
Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR, Department of Genetic Toxicology and Epigenetics, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
Irena Chvojkova
Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR, Department of Genetic Toxicology and Epigenetics, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
Radim J. Sram
Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR, Department of Genetic Toxicology and Epigenetics, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
Pavel Rossner
Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR, Department of Nanotoxicology and Molecular Epidemiology, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
Jan Topinka
Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR, Department of Genetic Toxicology and Epigenetics, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
Tomas Gramblicka
Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 3, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
Ondrej Parizek
Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 3, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
Denisa Parizkova
Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 3, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
Jana Schmuczerova
Department of Medical Genetics, L. Pasteur University Hospital, Trieda SNP 1, 040 11 Kosice, Slovakia
Jana Pulkrabova
Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 3, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
Andrea Rossnerova
Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR, Department of Genetic Toxicology and Epigenetics, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
The maternal diet during pregnancy affects neonatal health status. The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional quality of the maternal diet, and its contamination by persistent organic pollutants (POPs), in pregnant women living in two areas of the Czech Republic with different levels of air pollution, and subsequently to assess the relationship of these two factors with birth weight and neonatal oxidative stress. To determine the level of oxidative stress, 8-isoprostane concentrations in umbilical cord plasma were measured. The overall nutritional quality of the maternal diet was not optimal. Of the nutritional factors, protein intake proved to be the most significant showing a positive relationship with birth weight, and a negative relationship with the oxidative stress of newborns. Dietary contamination by persistent organic pollutants was low and showed no statistically significant relationship with birth weight. Only one of the 67 analyzed POPs, namely the insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), showed a statistically significant positive relationship with the level of neonatal oxidative stress.
