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received: 02 October 2014 accepted: 20 May 2015 Published: 08 June 2015

Maternal zinc deficiency during pregnancy elevates the risks of fetal growth restriction: a population-based birth cohort study Hua Wang1,2,*, Yong-Fang  Hu1,*, Jia-Hu Hao1,2, Yuan-Hua Chen1,2, Pu-Yu Su1,2, Ying Wang1, Zhen Yu1, Lin Fu1, Yuan-Yuan Xu1,2, Cheng Zhang1,2, Fang-Biao Tao1,2 & De-Xiang Xu1,2 We investigated the association between maternal zinc level during pregnancy and the risks of low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA) infants in a large population-based birth cohort study. In this study, 3187 pregnant women were recruited. For serum zinc level, 2940 pregnant women were sufficient (≥56 μg/dL) and 247 deficient (