Alteration of Prolactin, Thyroid Hormones and Lipid Profiles during Three Stages of Pregnancy

  • Khalid Shaalan Sahab Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Diyala University, Diyala, Iraq
Keywords: thyroid hormones, prolactin, lipids, three stages of pregnancy

Abstract

Pregnancy causes a change in both hormonal and biochemical content of the maternal blood. Therefore, this study was to investigate the changing in TSH, T3, T4, prolactin and lipid profile during the three stage of pregnancy. The study included 30 pregnant women and 20 non-pregnant women as control group. Hormones were measured by hormones automated analyzer (Cobase400 Integra Plus, Roche, Germany) and lipid profiles were measured by biochemistry automated analyzer (Cobase411, Roche, Germany). The results showed significant elevation in, prolactin, in three stage of pregnancy (p < 0.05). While T3, T4, TC and TG were showed no significant elevation (p > 0.05) in first trimester when compared to control group, but TC and TG increased significantly (p < 0.05) in the second stage and third stage of pregnancy trimester and T3 and T4 elevated significantly (p < 0.05) in third stage of trimester. LDL and HDL were showed no significant elevation (p > 0.05) in all stages of trimester when compared to control group.

Conclusion: The normal period of pregnancy is accompanied with elevation of prolactin, thyroid hormones and increase of lipids fractions.

Published
2019-02-12
How to Cite
Sahab, K. S. (2019). Alteration of Prolactin, Thyroid Hormones and Lipid Profiles during Three Stages of Pregnancy . Earthline Journal of Chemical Sciences, 1(1), 79-87. https://doi.org/10.34198/ejcs.1119.7987
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