title: Serum calcium level among normal pregnant and pre-eclamptic women in a sub urban area of Bangladesh.
abstract: Pre-eclampsia along with its complications seems to be one of the major causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Despite numerous studies, the etiology of pre-eclampsia has not yet been fully elucidated. The present study prospectively determines and evaluate whether maternal serum levels of calcium has any association with pre-eclampsia. It was a cross sectional study carried out in the department of Biochemistry, Mymensingh Medical College from July 2009 to June 2010. A total of 76 subjects were selected with the duration of pregnancy from 28th wks to term. Among them 42 were normal pregnant women and 32 were pre-eclamptic, admitted in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology Mymensingh Medical College Hospital. The mean±SD serum calcium of normal pregnant women and that of the pre-eclamptic were 7.62±0.24 and 7.32±0.28mg/dl respectively. There was significant (p<0.001) decrease in serum calcium in subject with pre-eclampsia in comparison to that of the normal pregnancy. So, level of calcium may be significantly decreased in pre-eclampsia.
authors: Dr Wahida Jafrin, Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Jafrin
authors: S K
authors: SK
authors: Paul
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sultana
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Rabeya
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Hoque
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Muttalib
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013383:Suburban Population
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium