Maternal Ethnicity and Severity of Pre-Eclampsia in Northern Nigeria

A. Abubakar ； R. A. Abdullahi ； H. Z. Jibril ； M. H. Dauda ； M. A. Poopola

《Asian Journal of Medical Sciences》 1卷3期 (2009/11) Pp. 104-107

並列摘要

Pre-eclampsia commonly occurs between 14-20 weeks. It accounts for 40% of maternal deaths, given the tendency toward and culture of early marriage in N orthern Nigeria, the m ajority of those affected by this condition are teenagers. The aim of this is to determine the relationship between maternal ethnicity and severity of pre-eclampsia. Individual chart review was performed for women diagnosed with severe preeclampsia; demographic data, Lipid profile, BM I, and Urinalysis were documented. A total of three groups of subjects were selected for the study, with 22 H ausa in Group A-20 Kanuri in Group B and 19 Fulani in Group C. There is significant difference in the age at marriage of respondents with group C having a mean of 18.93±0.53 the gestation ages shows no significant difference between the three groups, the systolic and diastolic BP is significantly different between the groups with Group B having systolic BP of 178.67±6.3, with the highest value of systolic in Group C 128.23±4.8, the BMI among the three groups shows no significant difference, the edema is higher in group C with 3+. The Hausa and Kanuri pre-eclamptic women demonstrated elevated values of triglyceride, serum cholesterol; pathological edema, increase in blood pressure and higher values of urine protein but this parameters are more pronounce among the Fulani pre-eclamptic groups this shows that, the pre-eclamptic Fulani women are more likely to progress to eclampsia than the other two tribes.

並列關鍵字

Maternal ethnicity and severity of pre-eclampsia