2023 article

Association of maternal prenatal copper concentration with gestational duration and preterm birth: a multicountry meta-analysis

Monangi, N. K., Xu, H., Fan, Y.-M., Khanam, R., Khan, W., Deb, S., … Muglia, L. J. (2024, January). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, Vol. 119, pp. 221–231.

By: N. Monangi *, H. Xu *, Y. Fan *, R. Khanam*, W. Khan *, S. Deb *, J. Pervin *, J. Price * ...

author keywords: nutrition; pregnancy; copper; preterm birth; gestational duration; in; acute-phase reactants
TL;DR: A robust negative association between maternal mid-gestation Cu concentration and gestational duration and positive association with risk for preterm birth is supported and could be used as a potential marker of the integrated inflammatory pathways during pregnancy. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Copper (Cu), an essential trace mineral regulating multiple actions of inflammation and oxidative stress, has been implicated in risk for preterm birth (PTB).