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Oxidative stress in pathological pregnancies.
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PMID:  22296419     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Oxidative stress (OS) plays a role in pregnancy at risk of pre-eclampsia, diabetes and premature labour. We measured three markers of OS: total antioxidant capacity (TAC), thiolyte capacity and pro-oxidant capacity in 45 women: 15 normal pregnancies, 17 pathological pregnancies (pre-eclampsia and pregestational diabetes) and 13 delivered pre-term. Plasma TAC (μmol/ml) values in patients with pathological pregnancies (235.67 ± 70.08) (p(1) = 0.0086) and pre-term labour (243.51 ± 50.52) (p(2) = 0.0479) were significantly reduced as compared with the controls (306.78 ± 70.08). Thiolyte capacity (μmol/ml) in the pathological pregnancies (326.03 ± 78.24) (p(3) = 0.0029) and in pre-term labour (335.94 ± 76.63) (p(4) = 0.0084) groups were significantly reduced compared with the control group (417.48 ± 39.76) (p < 0.05). Pro-oxidant capacity (mg/100 ml) in the pathological pregnancies (94.11 ± 26.13) (p(5) = 0.00034) and in pre-term labour (87.18 ± 20.28) (p(6) = 0.00044) groups were significantly higher compared with the controls (60.27 ± 6.33). Elevated OS values were seen in pathological pregnancies. This supports the important role of OS in diseases in pregnancy, particularly pre-eclampsia, diabetes and pre-term birth.
Authors:
G Clerici; C Slavescu; S Fiengo; T T Kanninen; M Romanelli; R Biondi; G C Di Renzo
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology     Volume:  32     ISSN:  1364-6893     ISO Abbreviation:  J Obstet Gynaecol     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-02-02     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8309140     Medline TA:  J Obstet Gynaecol     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  124-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Centre of Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Perugia , Perugia , Italy.
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