A Cross-Sectional Study of Association of Dyslipidaemia with Preeclampsia

Background: Dyslipidemia is a silent factor that leads life towards a life threatening condition by hypertension. Preeclampsia is one of the commonest obstetrical emergencies. Most of the women in pregnancy are victim of this hypertensive complication. Objective: To find out the association of dyslipidemia with pre-eclampsia. Methods: This study was conducted in Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology of Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital for one-year period after approaval of proposal. The sample size was 100. As it was a cross sectional comparative study 50 patients were pre eclamptic (Case) who and 50 subjects were normotensive (Control) pregnant mothers. All participants were informed detailed regarding the study and informed written consent was taken. Total cholesterol, HDL, LDL and TG were determined. The mean of each lipid category were compared using unpaired t test and presented as Mean ± SD. Results: Mean age of the preeclampsia patient was 27.06±4.59 years and normotensive pregnant women was 25.72±4.76 years. Serum cholesterol (263.76±72.27 mg/dl), LDL (161.91±60.24 mg/dl vs 119.65±21.78 mg/dl) and triglyceride (279.50±117.84 mg/dl vs 169.40±41.94 mg/dl) were significantly higher in preeclamptic patients than normotensive pregnant women. Conclusion: Total cholesterol, LDL and triglyceride were elevated in preeclamptic patients when compared to normotensive pregnant women.