[Changes in lipid metabolism in pregnancy in relation to gestoses]

In 21 healthy pregnant women and 21 women with toxemias in pregnancy between 34 and 36 gestational weeks were the following parameters lipid metabolism have been analyzed: triglyceride, cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol. The lipid data of the healthy pregnant women did not differ significantly from these of the hypertensive women. A tendency to lesser quantities at HDL cholesterol has been observed in the group of women with toxemias. We did not find any reference to a connexion between changes in lipid metabolism and the development of toxemias in pregnancy. The hyperlipidemia of pregnancy is probably a physiological process because of the hyperestrogenism in pregnancy.