Maternal serum cholesterol levels are elevated from the 1st trimester of pregnancy: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 747-752

  Bartels, A ^a   Egan, N ^a   Broadhurst, D I ^a,b   Khashan, A S ^a   Joyce, C ^c   Stapleton, M ^c   O'Mullane, J ^c   O'Donoghue, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; High density lipoprotein (HDL); Hypercholesterolaemia; Low density lipoprotein (LDL); Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867716893     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2012.714017     Document Type: Article

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