Seric Calcium and Magnesium in Normal and Pre Eclamptic Pregnant Women: A Case-Control Study in Kinshasa, D R Congo

摘要

>Goal style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">>: style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> The present study aimed to determine the profile of seric calcium and magnesium in pre-eclamptic>> style="font-family:""> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">and eclamptic pregnant women of Kinshasa province in the Democratic Republic of Congo where>> style="font-family:""> >> style="font-family:""> style="font-family:Verdana;">preeclampsia is characterized not only by a high incidence, but also by a seasonal variation probably related to nutritional intake. style="font-family:Verdana;"> Study Design style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">: style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> This is a case-control study that took place during the period from September 2014 to March 2015 in four quaternary and tertiary maternity hospitals in Kinshasa. A total of 113 healthy pregnant women (controls) and 112 pre-eclamptic and eclamptic pregnant women (cases) were included in this study. Seric calcium and magnesium were measured in all these style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">gravidas >> style="font-family:""> style="font-family:Verdana;">by the principle of spectrophotometry with a HUMALYSER Primus semi-automaton. style="font-family:Verdana;"> Results style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">:>> style="font-family:""> style="font-family:Verdana;"> The mean age of those gravidas was 26.8 ± 6.3 years (26.7 vs 26.9, style="font-family:Verdana;">p style="font-family:Verdana;"> = 0.11). The majority of these gravidas were primiparous. The mean gestational age in both groups was 31.35 ± 0.9 weeks (32.1 vs 30.6, style="font-family:Verdana;">p style="font-family:Verdana;"> = 0.21). The average seric calcium value was 4.47 ± 0.23 mEq /L in healthy pregnant women compared to 3.80 ± 0.71 mEq/l in pre style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">->> style="font-family:""> style="font-family:Verdana;">eclamptics ( style="font-family:Verdana;">P style="font-family:Verdana;"> /span>>> style="font-family:""> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">0 style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">.>> style="font-family:""> style="font-family:Verdana;">001). The mean of seric magnesium was 1.56 ± 0.15 mg/dL in healthy pregnant women compared to 1.20 ± 0.41 mg/dL in pre eclamptics ( style="font-family:Verdana;">P style="font-family:Verdana;"> /span>>> style="font-family:""> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">0 style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="fon