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Longitudinal Pantothenic Acid Status Of Pregnant And Lactating Women, Won Oack Song
Longitudinal Pantothenic Acid Status Of Pregnant And Lactating Women, Won Oack Song
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Pantothenic acid nutritional status was evaluated in a cohort of twenty-nine Caucasian pregnant women, aged 20-35, during their third trimester of pregnancy, at two-weeks postpartum and at three months postpartum. Seventeen non-pregnant, non-lactating women who had similar demographic backgrounds as the pregnant women were selected as a control group and followed the same experimental schedule as the pregnant women. A fasting blood sample, two days 24-h urine specimens and diet record were obtained for each of two days from each subject at each period.
The mean dietary pantothenic acid intakes of the women during pregnancy (5.30±1.74 mg/day) and during lactation …