title: Thyroid functions in pre-eclampsia and its correlation with maternal age, parity, severity of blood pressure and serum albumin.
abstract: Maternal thyroid function was investigated in 32 pre-eclamptic women and 10 normal pregnant women in their third trimester. Serum total tri-iodothyronine (TT3) and total thyroxine (TT4) were decreased significantly (P < 0.001) and TSH was increased significantly (P < .001) in pre-eclampsia as compared to normal pregnancy. There was no influence of parity and maternal age on thyroid functions. TT3 and TT4 decreased significantly (P < .001) with increase of serum albumin, while there was no correlation of TT4 with serum albumin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, J. N. Medical College, A.M.U., Aligarh.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khaliq
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Arshad
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hossain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000378:metabolism; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000378:metabolism; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine