Abstract: All consenting 300 cases of normal level of serum magnesium pregnant women and 300 women with low level of serum magnesium attending antenatal clinic for antenatal checkup of >/= 20 weeks who fulfills the inclusion and exclusion criteria were included in the study. Each patient were included only once in the study. Gestational age, parity, socioeconomic status and BMI were matched between cases and controls. History noted and after general physical and obstetric examinations, urine analysis is done to note the extent of proteinuria by dipstick method or by 24 hours urine protein estimation. Then 4 ml of venous blood is drawn from the subjects and sample is analysed for magnesium. Serum magnesium was measured by Calmagite method. Result: Of the 300 cases of low serum magnesium level primigravida pregnant women, 24 developed pre-eclampsia and 2 developed eclampsia. The subjects were primigravida in the age group of 18-30 years and belonging from low socio-economic status. The mean serum magnesium was 1.137+/-0.280 in the cases of low level of serum magnesium. In contrast out of 300 cases of normal level of serum magnesium primigravida pregnant women, 6 developed pre-eclampsia. The subjects were primigravida in the age group of 18-30 years and belonging from low socio-economic status. The mean serum magnesium was 1.921+/-0.322 in the cases of normal level of serum magnesium. . The difference between the mean serum magnesium level in low level of serum magnesium cases and normal level of serum magnesium cases was statistically significant (p=0.0018).
Keywords: Eclampsia, pre-eclampsia, proteinuria, serum magnesium.
Title: THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DIETARY FACTOR OF LOW LEVEL MAGNESIUM AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-ECLAMPSIA AND ECLAMPSIA
Author: Chaitali Mondal, Dr. Dipak Das
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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