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Baseline Complete Blood Count and Chemistry Panel Profile from the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS)

Yu Taniguchi1, Shin Yamazaki1, Shoji F Nakayama1

  • 1Japan Environment and Children's Study Programme Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
|March 25, 2022
PubMed

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This study presents complete blood count and chemistry panel data for pregnant women in the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS). These findings offer essential reference values for maternal health during pregnancy.

Area of Science:

  • Environmental Health
  • Maternal Health
  • Pediatric Health

Background:

  • The Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS) is a nationwide birth cohort study.
  • It investigates environmental factors impacting children's health and development.
  • This study focuses on data from pregnant women within the JECS cohort.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize complete blood count (CBC) and chemistry panel statistical data.
  • To provide reference values for pregnant women enrolled in the JECS.
  • To support future research on environmental influences on maternal and child health.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of CBC and chemistry panel data from pregnant women in JECS.
  • Inclusion of data from up to 58,056 mothers.
  • Data collected during the first (≤13 weeks) and second (22-27 weeks) trimesters of gestation.

Main Results:

  • Presents mean (SD) values for CBC parameters in the first trimester (e.g., WBC, RBC, hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelets).
  • Provides first-trimester mean (SD) values for chemistry panels (e.g., HbA1c, total cholesterol, triglycerides, protein, albumin).
  • Reports second-trimester mean (SD) values for key chemistry markers (e.g., cholesterol, triglycerides, protein, albumin).

Conclusions:

  • The presented data provide valuable statistical benchmarks.
  • These reference values are crucial for ongoing and future JECS research.
  • The findings contribute to understanding maternal physiological changes during pregnancy.
Abstract

Keywords:
birth cohortblood cell countchemistryepidemiology

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