title: First antenatal visit haematocrit and pregnancy induced hypertension.
abstract: First antenatal visit haematocrit values during the first and second trimesters were retrospectively collected from 546 nulliparas with singleton pregnancies. The results were analysed for correlation with development of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) later in pregnancy. It was found that women with higher haematocrit values, especially over 0.40, had an increased risk of developing PIH. However, there appeared to be no absolute level of haematocrit which had sufficient discriminative value to be useful in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gold Coast Hospital, Queensland.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Goh
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity