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Serum complement levels in normal pregnancy and pregnancy‐induced hypertension
Author(s) -
Jagadeesan V.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(88)90334-7
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , gestation , titer , obstetrics , antibody , immunology , genetics , biology
Serum complement assay (CH50) was carried out in urban low‐income women belonging to the following groups: (i) non‐pregnant and non‐lactating women; (ii) pregnant women in different periods of gestation; (iii) women suffering from pregnancy‐induced hypertension. Serum CH50 titers showed significant increase in the second and third trimester pregnancies as compared to non‐pregnant, non‐lactating women. There were no differences in CH50 levels between women suffering from pregnancy‐induced hypertension and those with normal pregnancy of comparable period of gestation. Nutritional status did not seem to have any influence on complement titers.