Can Serum Iron Concentrations in Early Healthy Pregnancy Be Risk Marker of Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension?

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between serum iron concentrations in early healthy pregnancy and the risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension. The data comes from our prospective cohort study in which we recruited healthy women in week 10-14 of single pregnancy. We examined a study group (n = 121) consisting of women subsequently developing pregnancy-induced hypertension and a control group (n = 363) of matched women remaining normotensive. We measured iron concentrations in the serum collected in 10-14 gestational week, using the ICP-MS technique (mass spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma). The odds ratios of the disease (95% confidence intervals) for iron concentrations were assessed in multivariate logistic regression. We found that the mean microelement conce

SUBMITTER: Lewandowska M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6566422 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature