Serum level and clinical significance of vitamin E in pregnant women with allergic rhinitis

Abstract

Background: Allergic rhinitis is a frequent disorder during pregnancy, while in children it is triggered by significantly lower serum vitamin E level. This research aimed to investigate whether serum vitamin E level exhibited clinical significance in pregnant women with allergic rhinitis. Methods: In this study, 37 pregnant women with allergic rhinitis and 35 healthy pregnant women were recruited. Allergic rhinitis severity was analyzed by the Total Nasal Symptom Score (TNSS) questionnaire. Blood samples were collected to evaluate serum vitamin E, interleukin (IL), and total IgE levels. Results: In pregnant women with allergic rhinitis, serum level of vitamin E was significantly lower than in healthy pregnant women. Serum vitamin E level in pregnant women with allergic rhinitis showed a negative correlation with TNSS, IL-13, IL-4, and total IgE levels. Conclusion:In conclusion, this research has demonstrated that pregnant women with allergic rhinitis showed significantly lower serum level of vitamin E. The decreased vitamin E showed a correlation with the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis in pregnant women.

Is the lower serum level of vitamin E associated with pregnant women with allergic rhinitis?

“…15 That is the basic rationale of Drs Wu and Wang's aims to investigate whether the serum level of vitamin E exhibited clinical significance in pregnant women with allergic rhinitis. 10 As predicted, the authors found low serum level of vitamin E, as well as high serum level of IL-4, IL-13, and IgE in pregnant women with allergic rhinitis compared to those without. 10 However, it is still uncertain whether the aforementioned findings are a cause or only an end product.…”

“…Therefore, recent studies have focused on the direct measurement of these essential trace elements in pregnant women to evaluate their roles on women's health or fetal well-being and subsequent lifelong of the fetuses. 1,[10][11][12] In the coming issue of the Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, Drs Wu and Wang attempted to investigate the relationship between the maternal serum level of vitamin E and the occurrence of pregnant women with allergic rhinitits. 10 This retrospective case-controlled study enrolled 37 pregnant women with allergic rhinitis and 35 healthy women as controls, and the authors found that the serum level of vitamin E in pregnant women with allergic rhinitis was statistically significantly lower than that in pregnant women without, and additionally, the serum level of vitamin E was negatively correlated with the total nasal symptom score, reaching the conclusion that the decreased vitamin E may be correlated with the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis in pregnant women.…”

“…1,[10][11][12] In the coming issue of the Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, Drs Wu and Wang attempted to investigate the relationship between the maternal serum level of vitamin E and the occurrence of pregnant women with allergic rhinitits. 10 This retrospective case-controlled study enrolled 37 pregnant women with allergic rhinitis and 35 healthy women as controls, and the authors found that the serum level of vitamin E in pregnant women with allergic rhinitis was statistically significantly lower than that in pregnant women without, and additionally, the serum level of vitamin E was negatively correlated with the total nasal symptom score, reaching the conclusion that the decreased vitamin E may be correlated with the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis in pregnant women. 10 Their finding of the current article is interesting and worth of discussion.…”

“…Therefore, recent studies have focused on the direct measurement of these essential trace elements in pregnant women to evaluate their roles on women’s health or fetal well-being and subsequent lifelong of the fetuses. 1,10–12 In the coming issue of the Journal of the Chinese Medical Association , Drs Wu and Wang attempted to investigate the relationship between the maternal serum level of vitamin E and the occurrence of pregnant women with allergic rhinitits. 10…”

An Overview of Pregnancy Education: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on Web of Science Core Collection

“…When the literature on the subject is examined, it is seen that the studies are generally related to pregnancy (Bostan & Kabukcuoglu, 2022;Castillo et al, 2022;Shimpuku et al, 2022), prenatal care (Das et al, 2022;Iwanowicz-Palus et al, 2022;Zbiri et al, 2021), depression (Shimpuku et al, 2022;Wu & Wang, 2022;Zhang et al, 2021), social support (McCormack et al, 2021Rayburn & Coatsworth, 2021), self-sufficiency (Bostan & Kabukcuoglu, 2022;Diotaiuti et al, 2022;Eidouzaei et al, 2022), fear of childbirth (Buran & Aksu, 2022;Eidouzaei et al, 2022;Gökçe İşbir et al, 2022), anxiety (Diotaiuti et al, 2022;Gargari et al, 2021;Iwanowicz-Palus et al, 2022), obesity (Hurst et al, 2021;Ortiz-Felix et al, 2021), breastfeeding (Bookhart et al, 2021;Oggero & Wardell, 2022;Taha et al, 2022), parenting (Abbass-Dick et al, 2017, postpartum care (Gagnon & Sandall, 2007;Hunter et al, 2009), quality improvement (Hurst et al, 2021;Louis-Jacques et al, 2020;Takako, 2020).…”