Table 5.

Correlations of biochemical indicators with MT during pregnancy

	Maternal RBC MT			Cord RBC MT	Placenta MT
	12 wk	36 wk	change (36 wk - 12 wk)
Plasma zinc
12 wk	0.02	−0.18*	−0.18*	−0.12	0.12
36 wk	--	−0.01	−0.01	−0.10	−0.10
36 wk - 12wk	--	0.20*	0.20*	0.04	−0.30
Urinary zinc (Spearman’s)
12 wk	−0.02	−0.10	−0.10	0.01	0.09
36 wk	--	0.03	−0.07	0.01	−0.16
36 wk – 12 wk	--	0.12	0.08	−0.01	−0.11
RBC zinc
12 wk	−0.14	0.42*	0.43*	0.03	−0.20
36 wk	--	0.29	0.29	0.05	0.01
36 wk – 12 wk	--	−0.01	−0.01	0.05	0.19
Plasma Albumin
12 wk	−0.22*	−0.21#	0.04	−0.12	−0.16
36 wk	--	−0.04	0.001	−0.02	−0.17
36 wk - 12 wk	--	0.21#	−0.04	0.12	0.02
Hemoglobin
12 wk	−0.02	−0.10	−0.07	0.10	−0.20
36 wk	--	−0.11	−0.13	−0.01	−0.37*
36 wk – 12 wk	--	−0.03	−0.07	−0.08	−0.26
Hematocrit
12 wk	−0.04	−0.04	−0.001	0.08	−0.27
36 wk	--	−0.06	−0.13	−0.01	−0.35#
36 wk - 12 wk	--	−0.03	−0.12	−0.07	−0.15
Plasma Ferritin (Spearman’s)
12 wk	−0.19*	−0.18*	0.02	−0.17*	0.05
36 wk	--	−0.14	−0.05	−0.05	−0.17
36 wk – 12 wk	--	0.14	−0.02	0.14	−0.25

^*P < 0.05

^#P < 0.06