LIPOPROTEIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION

Authors
USLU A USLU T BINGOL F AYDIN S
Citation
A. Uslu et al., LIPOPROTEIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION, Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, 258(1), 1996, pp. 21-24
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09320067
Volume
258
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
21 - 24
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0067(1996)258:1<21:LLIPWP>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate the levels of Lp(a), Apo(a), VLDL, LDL and HDL in 23 patients with pregnancy induce d hypertension (PIH) and in 20 control. The Mann-Whitney U tests was u sed for comparisons between the two groups. Serum Lp(a) and Apo(a) lev els were significantly raise in the PIH group (p<0.05 and p<0.05 respe ctively) and no significant correlations could be demonstrated for oth er lipoproteins.