Abstract
This study aimedto evaluate serumlevels of steroid hormones and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) hormonein preeclamptic Iraqi pregnancies compared to those of healthy pregnancies.This study enrolled 120 pregnant women, divided into four groups:1.30 healthy pregnant women.2.37 pregnant women with mild preeclampsia3.53 pregnant women with severe preeclampsia4.90 pregnant women with preeclampsiaPreeclamptic women and their severe cases but not mild caseshad significantly(P<0.01)increased levels of serumhCGas compared with healthy pregnancies. By contrast, seralevels of estradiolwere significantly (P<0.01) decreasedin total preeclamptic groups and their severe cases but not in mild group as compared tohealthy pregnant women(controls) , while there were no significant differences in the levels of serum progesterone in all preeclamptic groups as compared with controls.This study that concludes Preeclampsia is associated with increased levels of hCG hormone and decreased levels of estradiol hormone and these support thesuggestion of the role of hormonesin preeclampsia.
Keywords
preeclampsia, maternal serum, progesterone, estradiol, HCG
Article Type
Article
How to Cite this Article
Brakhas, Suaad A.; Rahmah, Abbass M.; and Jassim, Amna N
(2012)
"Evaluation the Levels of Serum Hormones (Progesterone, Estradiol, and hCG) in Preeclamptic IraqiPregnancies,"
Baghdad Science Journal: Vol. 9:
Iss.
2, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21123/bsj.2012.9.2.244-250
