Comparison of Maternal 
Serum Uric Acid Levels Between Single and Twin Pregnancies

Keimyung Medical Journal 1998;17(1):95-99.

Comparison of Maternal Serum Uric Acid Levels Between Single and Twin Pregnancies

쌍태임신과 단태임신에서의 모체 혈청내 Uric Acid치의 비교

김왕식; 김종인; 박성규; 김경희; 김판조; 배정만

Abstract

This study was undertaken to establish normative values of serum uric acid levels in women with twin pregnancy and to compare maternal serum uric acid levels of twins and singletons; stratified by the presence or absence of preeclampsia. With or without preeclampsia; women carrying twins have significantly higher serum uric acid levels than their singleton counterparts; which suggests a need for separate normative values for twin gestations. We proposed that a serum uric acid level of 5.8 mg/dL or greater be used to identify those women with twin gestations who are at higher for preeclampsia by a receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve.

Key Words: Twin gestation, Preeclampsia, Uric acid