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Abstract:
The present study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh and Molecular Microbiology & Central Laboratory of Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) from 15th November 2007 to 31st May 2009 to find out the relation between maternal serum zinc level with neonatal birth weight. Hundred pregnant women who were advised to take 61.8 mg zinc daily throughout pregnancy were assigned to study group while the pregnant woman did not take zinc orally were allocated into control group. Serum zinc levels were measured between 37-42 weeks gestation and birth weight were measured just after delivery. Data were processed and analyzed using SPSS version 11.5. The test used to analyze the data was descriptive statistics, Chi-square probability test, Pearson correlation, unpaired t-test and odds ratio. A probability value of <0.05 was considered significant. Majority (97%) of the cases who received zinc during their antenatal period had normal serum zinc (≥ 700μg/L) level compared to only 22% of the control group woman who did not receive zinc. Normal birth weight of babies in pregnant woman who received zinc is 5.7 times higher than the pregnant woman who did not receive zinc. As the present study was a cross-sectional one, further study with large sample size and prospective design is recommended.
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