Level of Serum Uric Acid in Pre-eclamptic and Normal Pregnant Women

Authors

  • Hudda Abbas . Department of Community Medicine, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • Samina Badar Department of Community Medicine, Multan Medical and Dental College, Multan, Pakistan
  • Zunera Javed Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • Mohammad Ahmed Abdelmoneam Ramdan Women Wellness Research Center, Doha, Qatar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37978/tijfs.v4i1.63

Keywords:

Pregnancy, Uric acid, preeclampsia

Abstract

Objective: The objective of study was to find out serum uric acid level in normal andpreeclamptic pregnant women of third trimester visiting outpatient department of obstetrics and gynecology of Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur.

Methodology: It was a cross sectional descriptive study conducted form July 2018 to June 2019. All primigravida women of age 18-35 years in third trimester of singleton pregnancy attending in Obstetrics and Gynecology Outpatient Department of Bahawal Victoria Hospital in study duration were included in the study. Statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS version 14. Chi-square test was performed to find the statistical difference regarding uric acid distribution between groups and ‘p’ value <0.05 was considered as a lowest level of significance.

Results: Out of total 1212 women 84.6% were normal and 15.4% had preeclampsia. In our study out of 187 preeclamptic women, 63.6% had raised serum uric acid level and out of 268 normal pregnant women uric acid level was raised in only 39.5%. Results were found statistically significant.

Conclusion: Results of our study suggest that serum uric acid level in pregnant women can be used as a useful and inexpensive marker in prediction of preeclampsia and preventive measures can be taken accordingly.

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Published

2020-01-01

How to Cite

Abbas, H., Badar, S., Javed, Z., & Abdelmoneam Ramdan, M. A. (2020). Level of Serum Uric Acid in Pre-eclamptic and Normal Pregnant Women. The International Journal of Frontier Sciences, 4(1), 20–22. https://doi.org/10.37978/tijfs.v4i1.63

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