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women with Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension (PIH). Thirty women with preeclampsia,
seventy with gestational hypertension and fifty normotensive pregnant
women (controls) in the second half of pregnancy were recruited for this
study. There was a significant increase in the prevalence of metabolic
syndrome among the PIH subjects as compared to the normotensive pregnant
women (controls) using the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEPIII)
and World Health Organisation criteria. Ghanaian women presenting with
PIH are very prone to the development of the metabolic syndrome, thus
the indices must be screened for during antenatal care.]]>Abouzahr, C. and E. Royston,199199540543ACOG.,199653175183Alberti, K.G.M.M. and P.Z. Zimmet,199815539553Bartha, J.L., F. Gonzalez-Bugatto, R. Fernandez-Macias, N.L. Gonzalez-Gonzalez, R. Comino-Delgado and B. Hervias-Vivancos,2008137178184Bates, I., G. Chapotera, S. McKew and N. van den Broek,200811513311339Belo, L., M. Caslake, D. Gaffney, A. Santos-Silva, L. Pereira-Leite, A. Quintanilha and I. Rebelo,2002162425432Catalano, P.M., E.D. Tyzbir, R.R. Wolfe, J. Calles, N.M. Roman, S.B. Amini and E.A. Sims,1993264E60E67Davey, D.A. and I. MacGillivray,1988158892898DeFronzo, R.A. and E. Ferrannini,199114173194Ford, E.S. and W.H. Giles,200326575581Forest, J.C., J. Girouard, J. Masse, J.M. Moutquin, A. Kharfi, R.B. Ness, J.M. Roberts and Y. Giguere,200510513731380Gans, R.O.B., A.A. Kraayenbrink, H.P. van Geijn and G.A. Dekker,19969132A132AIsomaa, B., P. Almgren, T. Tuomi, B. Forsen and K. Lahti et al.,200124683689Kaaja, R., H. Laivuori, M. Laakso, M.J. Tikkanen and O.Ylikorkala,199948892896Kaaja, R., M.J. Tikkanen, L. Viinikka and O. Ylikorkala,199585353356Kengne, A.P., A.G. Amoah and J.C. Mbanya,200511235923601Kirkendall, W.M., A.C. Burton, F.H. Epstein and E.D. Freis,196736980988Lakka, H.M., D.E. Laaksonen, T.A. Lakka, L.K. Niskanen, E. Kumpusalo, J. Tuomilehto and J.T. Salonen,200228827092716Lindheimer, M.D. and A.I. Katz,1985313675680Lopez-Jaramillo, P., J.P. Casas and N. Serrano,20013412271235Maine, D.,19871987pp: 4141Meigs, J.B.,2000152908911Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults,200128524862497Obed, S. and A. Patience,200640813Osei-Nketiah, S.,200135124129Park, Y.W., S. Zhu, L. Palaniappan, S. Heshka, M.R. Carnethon and S.B. Heymsfield,2003163427436Reaven, G.M.,19883715951607Reaven, G.M., R.L. Lerner, M.P. Stern and J.W. Farquhar,19674617561767Roberts, J.M.,199816515Sattar, N., A. Bendomir, C. Berry, J. Shepherd, I.A. Greer and C.J. Packard,199789403408Sattar, N. and I.A. Greer,2002325157160Seely, E.W. and C.G. Solomon,20038823932398Sivan, E., X. Chen, C.J. Homko, E.A. Reece and G. Boden,19972014701475Smith, G.C., J.P. Pell and D. Walsh,200135720022006Solomon, C.G., S.W.Graves, M.F. Greene and E.W. Seely,199423717721Stage, E., H. Ronneby and P. Damm,2004636772Tobey, T.A., M. Greenfield, F. Kraemer and G.M. Reaven,198130165171WHO.,19881588083World Health Organisation,19941994Wing, R.R., E. Venditti, J.M. Jakicic, B.A. Polley and W. Lang,199821350359Young, L.R. and M. Nestle,200292246249Zavaroni, I., S. Mazza, M. Fantuzzi, E. Dall'Aglio, E. Bonora, R. Delsignore, M. Passeri and G.M. Reaven,19932342530