Journal article
Changing Osteocalcin Concentrations During Pregnancy and Lactation: Implications for Maternal Mineral Metabolism*
Abstract
We measured serum osteocalcin concentrations in 82 pregnant and 21 nonpregnant women. Osteocalcin values declined in the second trimester, but returned to nonpregnant levels late in the third trimester. The mean serum osteocalcin concentration in 36 women during pregnancy (mean gestation, 26 weeks) of 2.8 ng/mL was significantly lower than that in nonpregnant women (6.4 ng/mL; P less than 0.001) or term pregnant women at delivery (6.1 ng/mL; n …
Authors
COLE DEC; GUNDBERG CM; STIRK LJ; ATKINSON SA; HANLEY DA; AYER LM; BALDWIN LS
Journal
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 290–294
Publisher
The Endocrine Society
Publication Date
August 1987
DOI
10.1210/jcem-65-2-290
ISSN
0021-972X