@article{Ghaffar_Nawaz_Shaheen_Shakeel_Shafiq_Tufail_2022, title={Maternal Serum Uric Acid as a Marker of Predicting Low Birth Weight at Term Pregnancy: A Study Based in CMH Lahore}, volume={72}, url={https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/5846}, DOI={10.51253/pafmj.v72i4.5846}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To determine the association of hyperuricemia with adverse pregnancy outcomes in terms of low birth weight at term pregnancy registered at CMH Lahore.</p> <p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Prospective cohort study.</p> <p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of CMH, Lahore Pakistan, from Aug 2018 to Feb 2019.</p> <p><strong>Methodology:</strong> A total of 60 pregnant women with a singleton pregnancy were included in the study. Patients with serum uric acid levels greater or equal to 360 umol/L were included in Group-A or the at-risk Group, and Patients with serum uric acid levels less than 360 umol/L were included in Group-B or the control Group. All women were followed till the delivery. Data regarding adverse pregnancy outcomes (low birth weight) was noted.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Mean Serum uric acid levels of 380.33±12.92 umol/L in the Exposed Group and mean Serum uric acid levels of 265.66±29.44 umol/L in the Control Group were noted. Low birth weight was seen 12 (40%) in Exposed Group as compared to 7(23.3%) in Unexposed Group (p=0.165) (RR=1.71).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Low birth weight at term was not associated with hyperuricemic pregnancy more than normouricemic pregnancy in our study, probably due to the small sample size.</p>}, number={4}, journal={Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal}, author={Ghaffar, Sadia and Nawaz, Qudsia and Shaheen, Zubaida and Shakeel, Shazia and Shafiq, Sadia and Tufail, Nazia}, year={2022}, month={Aug.}, pages={1287–90} }