Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Open Access
- 14 November 1991
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 325 (20), 1399-1405
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199111143252002
Abstract
Calcium supplementation has been reported to reduce blood pressure in pregnant and nonpregnant women. We undertook this prospective study to determine the effect of calcium supplementation on the incidence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (gestational hypertension and preeclampsia) and to determine the value of urinary calcium levels as a predictor of the response.Keywords
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