Background: Previous small-scale studies have reported alkaline
phosphatase (ALP) distribution throughout gestation. This retrospective,
observational analysis aimed to establish a large-scale, week-specific nomogram
of total ALP during pregnancy, and to address physiological parameters that may
impact normal ALP secretion throughout pregnancy. Methods: We analyzed
ALP levels during pregnancy among 5285 healthy women from various ethnicities,
with uncomplicated, term, singleton gestations, who delivered in a single
tertiary medical center, from August 2007 to December 2012. Results: We
found that normal gestational ALP is significantly elevated during pregnancy
compared to a non-pregnant state (132.2
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Normal distribution of alkaline phosphatase levels during pregnancy
Nissim Arbib1,2, Kira Nahum Sacks1,3, Lina Salman1,3, Orly Sneh-Arbib1,4, Alexandra Berezowsky1,3, Eyal Krispin1,3, Eran Hadar1,3,*
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1
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
2
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meir Medical Center, 4428164 Kfar Saba, Israel
3
Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, 4941492 Petach Tikva, Israel
4
The Liver Institute, Rabin Medical Center, 4941492 Petach Tikva, Israel
*Correspondence: eranh42@gmail.com (Eran Hadar)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2021, 48(6), 1393–1399;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog4806220
Submitted: 8 February 2021 | Revised: 27 July 2021 | Accepted: 28 July 2021 | Published: 15 December 2021
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Abstract
Keywords
Alkaline phosphatase
Distribution
Female
Nomogram
Pregnancy
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