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This study has been under taken to correlate hyperlipidemia with lipid peroxidation in primigravida patients with pregnancy induced hypertension. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 60 cases of primigravida patients with pregnancy induced hypertension as test group and 20 healthy primigravida pregnant women as controls were studied. Serum lipids and MDA were estimated. Maternal blood pressures, age and baby birth weights were recorded. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Serum cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, VLDL and MDA levels were significantly elevated in primigravida PIH patients when compared with control subjects. 36 % of primigravida patients with PIH were below 20 years of age, while only 20 % of controls were below 20 years. This indicates younger maternal age is one of the factors to PIH.

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