Assessment of Serum Levels of Magnesium and Manganese among Pregnant Women at Central Hospital, Agbor, South-South Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management

CHRISTABEL, C. OMOGIADE¹  HUMPHREY, B. OSADOLOR¹ 

关键词: Magnesium;    Manganese;    Pregnant;    Women;    Agbor;    Nigeria;   

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学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: University of Port Harcourt * Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry

【 摘 要 】

Pregnant women in developing countries have been reported to consume diets withlow density of minerals and essential trace elements. Therefore, this study aims to assess theserum levels of magnesium and manganese and its trimester correlates among pregnant women inIka community of Delta state, Nigeria. An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted to assessthe serum levels of magnesium and manganese among 64 apparently healthy pregnant and agematched 25 healthy non-pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at obstetrics and gynaecologyunit of central hospital Agbor. The mean serum levels of manganese increased with increase ingestational age while hypomagnesaemia 12.24ug/dl was observed in 60 (93.8%) of the pregnantwomen with a larger preponderance in the second trimester There was significant differencebetween the serum level of manganese in pregnant women compared to non-pregnant women(p

【 授权许可】

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