The objective of the study. To examine the association of anthropometric indicators, breast volume and serum lipids and prolactin among primiparous and multiparous women during the first and third trimester of pregnancy.
Material and methods. The research was carried out into the anthropometric indicators of 52 primiparous and 53 multiparous women: bodily longitudinal and transverse dimensions, volume of various bodily parts, skin folds, breast dimensions, some indices (WHI - waist hip index, BMI - body mass index). Also, passive body weight (relative and absolute) and breast volume in pregnant women were estimated. The clinical diagnostic laboratory at “Vilniaus gimdymo namai” (“Vilnius Maternity Hospital”) carried out the blood serum tests of the subl ects to determine the concentration levels of the total cholesterol (Ch), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (DDL-Ch), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (MDL-Ch), triglycerides (TG) levels, as well as prolactin.
Results and conclusions. The body size indicators in the group of primiparous women were lower than those in the multiparous group. It may be associated with their larger body size, older age, previous pregnancies observed prior to the current pregnancy. Prolactin levels of primiparous women, compared with the beginning of pregnancy, did not correl ate with breast volume, but were more closely rel ated to serum lipid parameters, while blood serum HDL-cholesterol levels were more likely to correlate with anthropometric indicators rather than with lipid concentrations. In the group of multiparous women, in late pregnancy, similar associations among indicators were observed as in early pregnancy, except for a stronger correlation of HDL-cholesterol level with other blood serum lipids was recorded. The increase in blood serum lipids and prolactin in late pregnancy was statistically significant among both, primiparous and multiparous women, but in late pregnancy, these indicators showed no statistically significant difference between the groups
