标题：A Nutritional Evaluation of Vitamin E Status in Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Respect to Changes in Plasma and Red Blood Cell Tocopherol Levels
期刊名称：Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
印刷版ISSN：0301-4800
电子版ISSN：1881-7742
出版年度：1988
卷号：34
期号：3
页码：293-307
DOI：10.3177/jnsv.34.293
出版社：Center for Academic Publications Japan
摘要：Nutritional status of vitamin E was assessed in very low birth weight infants of less than 1, 500g, with respect to changes in plasma and red blood cell (RBC) tocopherol concentrations. The forty infants examined were divided into two groups in terms of their birth weight: group A, less than 1, 000g; and group B, 1, 000-1, 500g. Immediately after birth, plasma tocopherol level was 335±101 μg/dl in group A and 316±103 μg/dl in group B, while RBC tocopherol was 187±48μg/dl and 231±72 μg/dl packed PBCs, in groups A and B, respectively. In two infants, RBC tocopherol concentrations were less than 115μg/dl, this level being reported as the lowest of the normal range. After birth, plasma and RBC tocopherol levels decreased markedly during 4 to 6 weeks of life especially in group A, while no decrease below normal range was docu-mented in RBC levels in group B. A fine granule preparation of tocoph-eryl nicotinate (20mg/kg/day) was administered in seven other infants, three in group A and four in group B. All three infants in group A showed no elevation of plasma and RBC tocopherol levels during the first 4 or 5 weeks of the administration, but a marked elevation thereafter. In three of the four infants in group B, an elevation of plasma and RBC tocopherol concentrations was documented after 2 weeks of the adminis-tration. The above findings indicate that no deficiency exists even in very low birth weight infants immediately after birth, while the deficiency may develop after birth, due to a poor ability to absorb fat.
