Comparative Study for Serum Zinc and Copper Levels in Cases with Normal Pregnancy Versus Preeclampsia

Autor: Mahmoud Abd El-Latif Hashish, Ahmed Saied Sayed Mohamed, Fahd A. El-Omda, Ahmed Taha Abdelfatah
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine. 74:1069-1074
ISSN: 2090-7125
Popis: Background: Preeclampsiais a leading cause of both maternal and prenatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Preeclampsia is more common in developing countries due to women’s low dietary intake of essential minerals and vitamins, micronutrients such as copper, zinc, magnesium, manganese and selenium. Aim of work: was to investigate the levels of serum zinc and copper in preeclamptic women versus normal pregnant women. Patients and Methods: This case-control prospective study included a total of 50 pregnant women attending the Antenatal Clinic, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Al-Azhar University Hospital. Subjects were categorized into 2 groups. Group I:25 women with preeclampsia and Group II:25 normal pregnant women without preeclampsia who served as controls. Studied group women were subjected to the following investigations: Urine analysis for detection of albumin and measurement of the degree of proteinuria, CBC, liver function tests, renal function tests, coagulation profiles and serum zinc and copper estimation were done. Results: have showed that preeclamptic pregnant women have low serum concentration of zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) comparing to the healthy pregnant women. Zinc levels in control group was 95.7 mg/dL and in preeclamptic group 60.8 mg/dL with highly significance statistical difference (p
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