Abstract

RACHED DE PAOL I, Ingrid; AZUAJE SANCHEZ, Arelis  and  HENRIQUEZ PEREZ, Gladys. Cambios en las variables hematológicas y bioquímicas durante la gestación en mujeres eutróficas. An Venez Nutr [online]. 2002, vol.15, n.1, pp.11-17. ISSN 0798-0752.

The object was to determine the serum levels of the hematological and biochemical variables in the there trimesters of gestation and to analize the changes of these variables during gestation. The study group was formed by 62 pregnant women, well nourished, healthy and between the ages of 16 and 37, evaluated at the Centro de Atención Nutricional Infantil Antímano (CANIA), between October 1998 and August 2000. A hematological profile, serum iron, ferritin, transferrin saturation (%), iron-binding capacity, glucose, ureic nitrogen, creatinine, uric acid, calcium, phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, magnesium, tryglicerides, cholesterol, total protein, albumin, and the protein/albumin rate were obtained a from each one of the pregnant women in each pregnancy trimester. The descriptive statistics (mean, median and standard deviation) of the biochemical variables of the three trimesters of gestation, the intertrimestrial and total changes were obtaineda. "t" Student was aplied (p-value < 0.05). The intertrimestrial changes of the hematological and biochemical profiles resulted in a significant global decrease except for the white blood cells, mean corpuscular volume, total iron-binding capacity, uric acid, trygliceride, cholesterol and phosphatase alkaline whose values increased. A pregnant woman, who is well-nourished, experiments changes in the hematological and biochemical variables, resulting in the need for using specific values in this vulnerable group.

Keywords : Pregnancy; hematological; biochemical; mother’s nutrition.