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Prevalence of hypocalcemia in asymptomatic pregnant females in Upper Egypt

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Academic medicine

Abstract

The goal of this study is to investigate the levels of serum calcium in asymptomatic pregnant women and measuring the prevalence of hypocalcaemia. Healthy pregnant women (n=500) were enrolled consecutively, with singleton pregnancy, in first trimester with the mean gestational age (9.5 ±1) weeks of gestation. Serum Total and Ionized calcium were measured to all women in the study. The prevalence of hypocalcaemia was measured. Nearly two thirds of women (337) had hypocalcaemia (67.4%), Only 163 had normal calcium levels" serum calcium level of 8.6 mg/dL or above". The prevalence of hypocalcaemia was more in young aged women as about two-thirds (64.8%) were in the age group 20 to less than 30 years, with mean age 23.9 ±4.6 years. Also the prevalence of hypocalcaemia was high in parity less than 2, with statistically significant p-value (0.034). No determinants (education, dietary intake of Ca+2, weight, height, BMI, and Hb levels) found in our study to be in correlation with the high incidence of hypocalcaemia.

DOI

10.21608/ejmr.2022.251656

Keywords

prevalence, hypocalcaemia, Pregnant

Authors

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Abdel Aty

MiddleName

Hussein

Affiliation

Obstetrics and Gynecology department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Egypt

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eyad31122011@gmail.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Youssef

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Abdel Fattah

Affiliation

Obstetrics and Gynecology department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

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First Name

Yasser

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Khamis

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Obstetrics and Gynecology department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Egypt

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Volume

3

Article Issue

3

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32884

Issue Date

2022-07-01

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2022-07-28

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2022-07-01

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28

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40

Print ISSN

2682-4396

Online ISSN

2682-440X

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https://ejmr.journals.ekb.eg/article_251656.html

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1,224

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Egyptian Journal of Medical Research

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https://ejmr.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023