Biochemical indices of osteomalacia in pregnant Asian immigrants in Britain.
J Clin Pathol
; 29(11): 981-3, 1976 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
Serum calcium, phosphate and alkaline phosphatase, and urinary calcium excretion were examined during the second trimester of uncomplicated normal pregnancy in Asian immigrants to Britain and in local Caucasians. The mean serum calcium was significantly lower in Asians than in Caucasians, and the mean serum alkaline phosphatase was significantly higher in Asians. The geometric mean of the urinary calcium excretion was highly significantly lower in Asians than in Caucasians. The variances of the serum calcium, serum alkaline phosphatase, and urine calcium excretion did not differ significantly in the two populations. This indicates that there is a shift in values of immigrant Asians as a group compared with Caucasians. A comparison with figures obtained on normal nonpregnant persons of both suggests that the shift is not an inherent feature of the Asian population.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Osteomalacia
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Complicações na Gravidez
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Etnicidade
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Pathol
Ano de publicação:
1976
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Article