VITAMIN E AND LIPOPROTEIN LEVELS IN THE SERA OF PREGNANT WOMEN

Abstract

The serum levels of vitamin E, cholesterol and lipoproteins, α₁-lipoproteins and β-lipoproteins in pregnant women were investigated. It was found that serum vitamin E, cholesterol and the lipoproteins had a tendency to increase throughout gestation. The mean serum α₁-lipoprotein concentration was higher in pregnant women than in healthy control women. The ratios of the vitamin E concentration to the sum of α₁-lipoproteins and β-lipoproteins concentration in sera was constant. Furthermore, it was found that serum vitamin E was correlated closely to the lipoprotein content (γ=0.814, p<0.001), except in a few subjects with abnormally high vitamin E levels.