Avaliação bioquímica e do consumo alimentar de magnésio em mulheres saudáveis no terceiro trimestre gestacional / Biochemical and food evaluation of magnesium in healthy women in the third trimester of pregnancy

AUTOR(ES)

Vivianne de Sousa Rocha

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Magnesium (Mg) is an intracellular ion, an essential co-factor for over 300 enzymatic reactions, involved mainly in energy (ATP) generation. Its deficiency has been associated to complications during pregnancy such as preeclampsia, eclampsia, restriction to intrauterine fetal growth and fetal mortality. So, this observational cross-section study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status concerning Mg in healthy women in the third trimester of pregnancy received prenatal care at the University Hospital of the University of São Paulo (HU/USP). The sampling comprised 52 healthy pregnant women between the 26th and the 42nd week of pregnancy, with a mean age of 28.1 (5.9) years, who received prenatal care at the HU/USP. They were submitted to anthropometric (weight and height), dietary (Mg), through the food recall 24 h and food record of 3 days, and biochemical (plasma, erythrocytic and urinary Mg) evaluations. It was observed that all pregnant women presented an inadequate Mg intake from food. An amount of 38.5% of the pregnant women showed low urinary Mg excretion, but Mg concentrations within the other parameters, that is, plasma and erythrocytic Mg, did not show deficiency of this mineral. Significant correlations were observed between Mg intake from food and the following variables: systolic blood pressure (r = - 0.297; p = 0.032), erythrocytic Mg (r = 0.285; p = 0.041) and a trend to be significant with diastolic blood pressure (r = - 0.247; p = 0.078). The pregnant women assisted at HU/USP presented inadequate intake of Mg from food, which was reflected in alterations in the urinary excretion of this mineral, although it was not affected in the other biological compartments studied.

ASSUNTO(S)

nutritional status gestantes pregnant women estado nutricional magnesium magnésio

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