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Concentraciones séricas de zinc en embarazadas preeclámpticas y normotensas

2013; Volume: 73; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

0048-7732

José Ramón Urdaneta Machado, Lenys Quiroz Urribarrí, Nasser Baabel Zambrano, José Fernando García Pérez, Gustavo Vera, Mery Guerra, Franklin Azuaje, Alegría Levy,

Trace Elements in Health

SUMMARY Objective: To compare serum concentrations of zinc in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnant. Methods: We performed a correlational, comparative and applied type research, with a not experimental, case-control, contemporary transactional and field design, which included 40 women in the third trimester of pregnancy with diagnosis pre-eclampsia and 40 normotensive pregnant; both cases as controls were analyzed for serum concentrations of zinc by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Setting: Hospital Materno Infantil “Dr. Raul Leoni” in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Results: We found that preeclamptic patients had significantly lower concentrations of zinc to the normotensive (P 0.05), whereas in the normotensive group showed a significant and inversely proportional relationship (r = - 0.319, P <0.05). Conclusion: Pregnant women with pre-eclampsia had significantly lower serum zinc concentrations than normotensive, but there was no relationship between mean arterial pressure and zinc.