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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 48, 117-121, Copyright © 1988 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Maternal aerobic exercise and vitamin B-6 status

CY Yates, LM Boylan, RD Lewis and JA Driskell
Department of Human Nutrition and Foods, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061.

Effects of an aerobic walking program during gestational weeks 22-30 on vitamin B-6 status and birth outcome were studied in 28 healthy pregnant women, aged 21-36 y, receiving vitamin-mineral supplements. Mean daily vitamin B-6 intake, excluding a 10-mg supplement, was 1.81 mg. Subjects in the walking (n = 18) and nonwalking (n = 10) groups had similar microbiologically assessed plasma total vitamin B-6 levels and radioenzymatically assessed plasma pyridoxal phosphate concentrations. One walker at 22 wk and at 30 wk and a second walker at 30 wk had plasma total vitamin B-6 concentrations in the low-normal range; the same was true for plasma pyridoxal phosphate levels except that the 30- wk value for the walker who was low at 22 wk was missing. Birth-outcome measurements were similar for both groups. Participation in the walking program slightly improved aerobic fitness without affecting vitamin B-6 status or birth outcome in pregnant women taking vitamin-mineral supplements.




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