Stone, Cosby, Yunping Qiu, Irwin J Kurland, James C Slaughter, Paul Moore, Joan Cook-Mills, Tina Hartert, and Judy L Aschner. 2018. “Effect of Maternal Smoking on Plasma and Urinary Measures of Vitamin E Isoforms in the First Month After Extreme Preterm Birth.”. The Journal of Pediatrics 197: 280-285.e3.
Abstract
We examined the effect of maternal smoking on plasma and urinary levels of vitamin E isoforms in preterm infants. Maternal smoking during pregnancy decreased infant plasma alpha- and gamma-tocopherol concentrations at 1 week and 4 weeks, with 45% of infants of smokers deficient in alpha-tocopherol at 1 month after birth.