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However, it has not been established so far whether the microelement levels in early pregnancy may be risk markers of the disease, as prospective studies are limited in number. In our innovative single-center study, we identified from a prospective cohort of healthy women in the 10\u201314th week of a single pregnancy: women subsequently developing pregnancy-induced hypertension (n = 121) and matched women remaining normotensive (n = 363). We measured the concentrations of microelements in the serum from 10\u201314 week, using the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The odds ratios of the disease (and 95% confidence intervals) were assessed in logistic regression. In the whole cohort, the odds ratio (OR) of PIH was 1.52 (p = 0.174) for women in the lowest (Q1) quartile of Cu (\u22641540.58 \u00b5g\/L) compared with women in the highest (Q4) quartile (&gt;1937.46 \u00b5g\/L), but adjusted odds ratio (AOR) was 2.17 (p = 0.019) after adjusted for pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational age at recruitment. The higher levels of Cu in the subgroup of BMI \u2265 25 kg\/m2 compared to normal BMI were found (1847.64 vs. 1673.36 \u00b5g\/L; p &lt; 0.0001). In the subgroup of women with the normal pre-pregnancy BMI, the adjusted odds ratio of PIH was AOR = 2.95 (p = 0.040) for Q1 vs. Q4 quartile. Our results suggest that lower Cu levels in early pregnancy may be connected with higher risk of PIH, but BMI affected estimated odds ratios. Zinc levels had no effect on the risk.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu11102479","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,17]],"date-time":"2019-10-17T04:46:06Z","timestamp":1571287566000},"page":"2479","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":54,"title":["First Trimester Serum Copper or Zinc Levels, and Risk of Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8613-4955","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ma\u0142gorzata","family":"Lewandowska","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Gynecological Surgery, Pozna\u0144 University of Medical Sciences, 60-535 Pozna\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stefan","family":"Sajdak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Gynecological Surgery, Pozna\u0144 University of Medical Sciences, 60-535 Pozna\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7270-0063","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wojciech","family":"Marciniak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Genetics and Pathology, International Hereditary Cancer Center, Pomeranian Medical University, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jan","family":"Lubi\u0144ski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Genetics and Pathology, International Hereditary Cancer Center, Pomeranian Medical University, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Maggini, S., Pierre, A., and Calder, P.C. 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