Daily calcium intake, calciuria, PTH, PTH-rp, endothelin, nitrite-nitrate, and Holter Test were assessed. Method: In a prospective study 149 healthy normotensive primigravidas were followed-up from 15 weeks of gestation to puerperium. Purpose: To evaluate the association between calcium intake from diet, calciotropic hormones (PTH, PTH-rp), vasoactive regulators (endothelin, nitric oxide) and blood pressure levels during pregnancy, birth and puerperium. Received for publication JAccepted for publication April 14, 2009 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España. e-mail: Clinical Analysis Department, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España.Ħ. e-mail: Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital de Cruces, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, España. e-mail: HRP Research Program, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. Honorary Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España. e-mail: Professor Emeritus, Head Department of Family Medicine, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España. Preliminary results were presented as an abstract at the World Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FIGO), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2006.ġ. * This study was financially supported by the Ministry of Health of Spain (Grant FIS No PI 021320), Madrid. Herrera, MD 2, José Villar, MD 3, Roberto Matorras, MD, PhD 4, Carlos López de la Manzanara, MD, PhD 1, Ignacio Arribas, MD, PhD 5, Julia Álvarez, MD, PhD 6, Eugenia Peiró, MD, PhD 5 Association between calcium intake, parathormone levels and blood pressure during pregnancy*Īníbal Nieto, MD, PhD 1, Julián A.

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