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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 43, 77-84, Copyright © 1986 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Changes in erythrocyte and plasma carnitine concentrations in preterm neonates

JA Mares-Perlman, PM Farrell and GR Gutcher

Erythrocyte and plasma total, free, and acyl carnitine concentrations in 13 low birthweight, preterm infants were determined between birth and 21 days of age. Although erythrocytes contributed 73.6 +/- 4% (mean +/- SD) of total blood carnitine at birth, the contribution by day 14 declined to 42.2 +/- 14.1. Linear regression analysis showed no significant correlation between plasma and erythrocyte concentrations. At 3 wk erythrocyte total carnitine concentrations were similar to adult values, but erythrocyte acyl carnitine concentrations were markedly lower. Although a significant (p less than 0.05) positive correlation between plasma carnitine concentrations and mean daily intake from birth was found at 7, 14, and 21 days of age (r = 0.66, 0.87, and 0.88, respectively), no significant relationships between erythrocyte carnitine concentrations and carnitine intake could be demonstrated by linear regression analysis. It appears that the carnitine present in plasma and erythrocytes represents two separate pools which are influenced by different factors in preterm infants.




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