Serum Calcium and Magnesium Levels in Normal Ghanaian Pregnant Women: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study | Zendy

Robert Djagbletey | Zendy; Ebenezer Owusu Darkwa | Zendy; Papa Kobina Gyekye DeGraft-Johnson | Zendy; Daniel Sottie | Zendy; Raymond Essuman | Zendy; George Aryee | Zendy; Ernest Aniteye | Zendy

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Serum Calcium and Magnesium Levels in Normal Ghanaian Pregnant Women: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

Author(s) -

Robert Djagbletey,

Ebenezer Owusu Darkwa,

Papa Kobina Gyekye DeGraft-Johnson,

Daniel Sottie,

Raymond Essuman,

George Aryee,

Ernest Aniteye

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open access macedonian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1857-9655

DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2018.352

Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , eclampsia , magnesium , calcium , gestation , gestational age , cross sectional study , analysis of variance , obstetrics , one way analysis of variance , genetics , materials science , pathology , metallurgy , biology

Pregnancy is described as a normal physiologic state associated with various biochemical changes. Magnesium and calcium are essential macronutrients required for foetal growth. Complications associated with their deficiency during normal pregnancy include; low neonatal birth weight, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and preterm labour. Changes in serum levels of magnesium and calcium in normal pregnancy have not been extensively studied among Ghanaian women.

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