Plasma motilin concentrations were measured in 135 women during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy and 3～5 d after delivery and the results were compared with those of 20 healthy nonpregnant women.The mean ...Plasma motilin concentrations were measured in 135 women during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy and 3～5 d after delivery and the results were compared with those of 20 healthy nonpregnant women.The mean plasma motilin concentration (323.96± 125.10 ng/L) in women during the second trimester of pregnancy was lower than in healthy nonpregnant women (366.12±96.23 ng/L) (P<0.05),but that was significantly higher than in women during the third trimester of pregnancy (121.04±27.00 ng/L) (P<0.01);the plasma motilin concentration in women during 3～5d after delivery (443.05±140.79 ng/L) was significantly higher than that in pregnant women (P<0.01).The results showed that pregnancy appears to have a profound inhibitory effect on plasma motilin,and this may partly be responsible for the gastrointestinal hypomotility associated with pregnancy.展开更多
文摘Plasma motilin concentrations were measured in 135 women during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy and 3～5 d after delivery and the results were compared with those of 20 healthy nonpregnant women.The mean plasma motilin concentration (323.96± 125.10 ng/L) in women during the second trimester of pregnancy was lower than in healthy nonpregnant women (366.12±96.23 ng/L) (P<0.05),but that was significantly higher than in women during the third trimester of pregnancy (121.04±27.00 ng/L) (P<0.01);the plasma motilin concentration in women during 3～5d after delivery (443.05±140.79 ng/L) was significantly higher than that in pregnant women (P<0.01).The results showed that pregnancy appears to have a profound inhibitory effect on plasma motilin,and this may partly be responsible for the gastrointestinal hypomotility associated with pregnancy.
