%0 Journal Article
%T Trends in Triglyceride (Fat) Levels of Various Stages of Pregnancy in Nigerian Women
%A Affi Ayuba
%A Josiah Mutihir
%A Dalili Shabbal
%A A. S. Longwan
%A T. S. Selowo
%A A. Lukden
%A Stephen Pam
%A Mercy Solomon
%J Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
%P 1247-1254
%@ 2160-8806
%D 2018
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojog.2018.812126
%X <strong>Background</strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><strong>: </strong></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">In developing countries like Nigeria, with poor
socio-economic, early marriage, poor acceptance of contraception, poor spacing
of pregnancies, high fertility rate and poor maternal and child health indices,
leading to poor maternal-child outcome. There is </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">a </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">need to
investigate the pattern of serum lipid changes during pregnancy in Nigeria
women as hyperlipidemia may lead to poor maternal outcome. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Materials and
methods</span></b></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: </span></b></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">A total
of one hundred and forty (140) subjects between the ages of 20 and 45 years
with mean age 29.74 ¡À 6.5 years of the study population. Group 1</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> the
control comprises of thirty-five (35) healthy non pregnant subjects with mean
age of 26.84 ¡À 5.2 volunteers of Nigeria origin. Group 2</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> the
test involved one hundred and five (105) apparently healthy pregnant Nigerian
women sub-divided into three groups; </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">X</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Y</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Z</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> each made of thirty-five (35) subjects distributed into 1</span><sup><span
%K Gestational Age
%K Maternal Age
%K Parity
%K Gravidity
%K Trimester
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=88107