Hair and Cord Blood Element Levels and Their Relationship With Air Pollution, Dietary Intake, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, and Infant Neurodevelopment

    August 2023 in “ Clinical Nutrition ”
    Yinyin Xia, Jamie V. de Seymour, Xiaojia Yang … Philip N. Baker
    Studysummary This study found that exposure to certain elements during pregnancy, measured in maternal hair, was associated with increased risk of gestational diabetes and potential impacts on infant neurodevelopment, with elements like Ta, Re, and Se posing the highest risk for gestational diabetes.
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    Research cited in this study 3

    1. Analysis of Sequential Hair Segments Reflects Changes in the Metabolome Across the Trimesters of Pregnancy Scientific Reports · 2018
    2. Elemental Hair Analysis: A Review of Procedures and Applications Analytica Chimica Acta · 2017
    3. Hair: The Most Sophisticated Biological Composite Material Chemical Society Reviews · 2007