title: Maternal hyperuricemia in normotensive singleton pregnancy, a prenatal finding with continuous perinatal and postnatal effects, a prospective cohort study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To assess the association of maternal hyperuricemia with adverse pregnancy outcome and neonatal metabolic, neurologic and respiratory disturbances in normotensive singleton pregnant women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This prospective multicentric cohort study was conducted on 404 normotensive singleton pregnant women who were admitted for delivery in Vali-Asr and Akbar-Abadi teaching hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Upon enrollment maternal and umbilical sera were obtained for determining uric acid levels. 1 and 5 minutes Apgar scores, the need for neonatal resuscitation and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission were recorded. In case of NICU admission a neonatal blood sample was drawn for determining uric acid, blood sugar and bilirubin levels. An intracranial ultrasound imaging was also carried out for the admittd neonates for detecting intraventricular hemorrhage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Maternal hyperuricemia (uric acid one standard deviation greater than the appropriate gestational age) was independently associated with preterm birth (odds ratio (OR), 3.17; 95% confidence interval (CI), 2.1 - 4.79), small for gestational age delivery (OR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.04 - 2.57), NICU admission (OR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.12 - 2.94) and neonatal IVH (OR, 8.14; 95% CI, 1.11 - 87.1).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Maternal hyperuricemia in normotensive singleton pregnant women is significantly associated with preterm and SGA delivery and the development of neonatal IVH.
authors.forename: Elaheh
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amini
authors.affiliation: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Research Center, Vali-asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mahdisheikh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sheikh
authors.forename: Sedigheh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hantoushzadeh
authors.forename: Mamak
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shariat
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdollahi
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kashanian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D033461:Hyperuricemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000097:blood*; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid