目的 探讨孕晚期妇女静脉血与新生儿脐带血血浆维生素A(vitamin A,VitA)水平的相关性。方法 2009年5月至6月在河北省元氏县和乐亭县募集孕妇688例,采集产前静脉血和新生儿脐带血,采用高效液相色谱法检测血浆视黄醇浓度,用以反映VitA水平。根据产前静脉血血浆视黄醇浓度,孕妇VitA营养状态分为缺乏(<0.70 μmol/L)、边缘性缺乏(0.70~<1.05 μmol/L)、充足(≥1.05 μmol/L)。根据脐带血血浆视黄醇浓度,新生儿VitA营养状态分为缺乏(<0.35 μmol/L)、边缘性缺乏(0.35~<0.70 μmol/L)、充足(≥0.70 μmol/L);将脐带血血浆视黄醇浓度低于第10百分位数定义为新生儿VitA相对缺乏。新生儿与孕妇血浆视黄醇浓度比值定义为VitA胎盘转运系数。采用多元分式多项式(multivariable fractional polynomials,MFP)模型和Pearson相关探讨孕妇与新生儿血浆VitA水平的关系,采用Logistic回归模型探讨孕妇VitA营养状态对新生儿VitA缺乏的影响,采用MFP模型和Spearman相关探讨孕妇VitA水平与胎盘转运系数的关系。结果 孕晚期妇女视黄醇平均浓度为(1.15±0.30)μmol/L,VitA缺乏率和边缘性缺乏率分别为4.5%和37.8%;新生儿视黄醇平均浓度为(0.78±0.13)μmol/L,无VitA缺乏,边缘性缺乏率为28.2%。调整孕妇年龄、体重指数等因素后,孕妇与新生儿VitA水平间呈线性正向剂量-反应关系(幂参数=1,P<0.05), Pearson相关系数为0.13(P<0.01)。与VitA充足组孕妇相比,缺乏组(crude OR=2.20,95%CI:1.04~4.66)和边缘性缺乏组(crude OR=1.43,95%CI:1.01~2.02)分娩VitA边缘性缺乏新生儿的风险显著升高,但多因素调整后,上述效应不再有统计学意义;VitA缺乏组孕妇分娩VitA相对缺乏新生儿的风险在调整多因素前后均显著增加(crude OR=3.02,95%CI:1.21~7.50;adjusted OR=2.76,95%CI:1.05~7.22)。孕妇VitA水平与VitA胎盘转运系数间呈非线性负向剂量-反应关系(幂参数=-0.5,P<0.05),调整后Spearman相关系数为-0.82(P<0.001)。结论 孕晚期妇女与新生儿血浆VitA水平呈正向线性剂量-反应关系,提示孕妇VitA营养状态影响新生儿VitA储存水平。

Objective: To study the correlation of plasma vitamin A (VitA) levels between neonates and pregnant women in third trimester.Methods: A total of 688 pregnant women were recruited in Yuanshi and Laoting counties of Hebei Province, from May to June 2009. Venous blood samples of women before delivery and cord blood samples of newborns were collected and measured for retinol (retinol concentration was used to reflect VitA level) using high performance liquid chromatography assay. According to venous blood plasma retinol concentration, maternal VitA nutritional status was divided into deficiency (<0.70 μmol/L), marginal deficiency (0.70-<1.05 μmol/L), and sufficiency (≥1.05 μmol/L). According to cord blood plasma retinol concentration, neonatal VitA nutritional status was divided into deficiency (<0.35 μmol/L), marginal deficiency (0.35-<0.70 μmol/L), and sufficiency (≥0.70 μmol/L); neonatal VitA relative deficiency was further defined as cord blood plasma retinol concentration lower than the 10th percentile. VitA placental transport ratio was defined as retinol concentration in the neonates divided by that in pregnant women. Multivariable fractional polynomials (MFP) model and Pearson correlation were used to study the dose-response relationship between maternal and neonatal plasma VitA levels, Logistic regression model to estimate the effect of maternal VitA nutritional status on neonatal VitA deficiency, and MFP model and Spearman correlation to describe the relationship between maternal VitA level and VitA placental transport ratio.Results: The average retinol concentration of the pregnant women was (1.15±0.30) μmol/L, and the prevalence of VitA deficiency and marginal deficiency were 4.5% and 37.8%, respectively. Average retinol concentration of the neonates was (0.78±0.13) μmol/L, and no neonates were VitA deficiency, 28.2% of the neonates were marginal deficiency. After multivariable adjustment, the VitA level of the neonates was positively and linearly related to maternal VitA level (p^m=1, P<0.05), with the corresponding Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.13 (P<0.01). As compared with the women with sufficient VitA, those with VitA deficiency (crude OR=2.20, 95%CI:1.04-4.66) and marginal deficiency (crude OR=1.43, 95%CI:1.01-2.02) had higher risks to deliver neonates with VitA marginal deficiency; while the risks turned to be non-significant after multivariable adjustment. The pregnant women with VitA deficiency had higher risk to deliver neonates with relative VitA deficiency before and after multivariable adjustment (crude OR=3.02, 95%CI:1.21-7.50; adjusted OR=2.76, 95%CI:1.05-7.22). The maternal VitA level was negatively and non-linearly correlated with placental transport ratio (p^m= -0.5, P<0.05), with corresponding adjusted Spearman correlation coefficient of -0.82 (P<0.001).Conclusion: There was a positive linear dose-response relationship between VitA levels of newborns and pregnant women in third trimester, indicating that neonatal VitA storing levels at birth was affected by maternal VitA nutritional status.