Abstract:Objective To explore the effects of trace elements in whole blood on congenital heart diseases (CHD) among 410 pregnant women in Shenzhen. Methods A total of 410 women whose offspring were diagnosed with CHD were enrolled into research group and compaered with 100 women with normal offspring (control group) on the intake of periconceptional nutrition. All the selected women delivered from Jan. 2013 to Dec. 2014. The content of trace elements in whole blood of these women were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS), and the results were analyzed by comparing the values of the experimental group and the control group. Results The lack rate of trace elements in the pregnant women was 18.05%, that of iron in pregnancy was the highest (up to 12.19%), that of zinc was the second (up to 5.61%). The rate of anemia was 14.88%. Except for Cu, there were significant differences in the trace elaments between the research group and the control group (P < 0.05). The content of Mg, Fe and Hb in the anemia group, the iron-defficiency group and zinc-defficiency group was significantly lower than that of the research group and the control group (P = 0.000). The content of the trace elements was less in the complex CHD group without significant difference from that in the simple CHD group (P > 0.05). The most common cardiovascular malformations were ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus in the anemia group, the iron-defficiency group and the zinc-defficiency group; but the constituent ratios had no significant differences among the threegroups (χ2 = 8.304, P > 0.05). Conclusions The deficiency of iron and zinc is the most common in pregnant women with CHD fetus, they may have mutual effect with other trace elements, so the pregnant women should have reasonable supplement.