| dc.creator | Wagbara, Chisom Clara | |
| dc.creator | Alikor, Chizindu Akudubike | |
| dc.date | 2019-12-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-13T14:47:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-13T14:47:35Z | |
| dc.identifier | https://revistas.uautonoma.cl/index.php/ijmss/article/view/10 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.32457/ijmss.2019.034 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/196128 | |
| dc.description | Serum uric acid level is an important prognostic variable in pregnancy as subjects with preeclampsia have elevated serum uric acid levels. Methods: The concentrations of serum uric acid were investigated in 100 women of which 75 were pregnant women and categorized into 3 groups of 25 each, based on their trimesters of pregnancy and 25 non-pregnant women, which served as control.Results: In the first trimester, the mean values of uric acid were 122µmol/L with a decrease in the levels of uric acid when compared with the control levels of 308 µmol/L (p<0.05).In the second trimester, the values of uric acid were 199umol/l with a significant (p<0.05) decrease in the levels of uric acid when compared with the controls. In the third trimester of pregnancy, the values of uric acid were 360 µmol/L. There was a significant (p<0.05) increase in the level of uric acid when compared with the controls.Conclusion: The progressive increase in the levels of uric acid through the trimesters of pregnancy suggests an impairment in uric acid excretion, may be with concomitant increase in renal tubular re-absorption of uric acid, thereby leading to hyperuricaemia.
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| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Universidad Autónoma de Chile | en-US |
| dc.relation | https://revistas.uautonoma.cl/index.php/ijmss/article/view/10/5 | |
| dc.rights | Copyright (c) 2019 International Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciences | en-US |
| dc.source | International Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciences; Vol. 6 No. 4 (2019): December 2019; 111-114 | en-US |
| dc.source | International Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciences; Vol. 6 Núm. 4 (2019): December 2019; 111-114 | es-ES |
| dc.source | 0719-532X | |
| dc.source | 0719-3904 | |
| dc.source | 10.32457/ijmss.v6i4 | |
| dc.subject | Serum uric acid | en-US |
| dc.subject | pregnant women | en-US |
| dc.subject | antenatal clinic | en-US |
| dc.title | Alterations in serum uric acid values in a sample of Nigerian pregnant women | en-US |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | |
