in cases of unconspicuous pregnancy average aldosterone concentrations were found to increase from 23.2 ng/100 ml in the first trimester to 37.2 ng/100 ml in the second trimester and further to 64.0 ng/100 ml in the third. -- high values were recorded from mothers ( 71.9 ng/100 ml ) after birth and from umbilical cord blood of vaginally delivered newborns ( 83.4 ng/100 ml ) . -- aldosterone values as low as 60.9 ng/100 ml were recorded from newborns delivered by caesarean section with reduced parturitional stress .
C0032961
pregnancy
C0032980
second trimester