200 patients with pre-eclampsia, 100 with eclampsia and 200 normotensive pregnant controls attending Delivery/emergency department in Kasr Al Ainy hospital will be included in the study (from March 2019 till September 2019). 25(OH) D level will be measured for the three groups.
* Preeclampsia is defined as systolic BP \>140 and/or diastolic BP\>90 on two occasions, 4 hours apart in pregnant females\>20 weeks, plus proteinuria \>/= 1+ urine dipstick protein.
* Eclampsia defined as tonic-clonic seizures in women with pre-eclampsia.
* Controls are normotensive pregnant females with no proteinuria and no other medical disorders.
* The determination of 25(OH) D is based on a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) using the 25(OH)D3/D2 ELISA system (ORGENTIC DIAGNOSTIKA GmbH, Germany)
Inclusion criteria:
Age 20-35 years Gestational age 30-40 weeks
Exclsion criteria:
Twin pregnancy Other medical conditions during prrgnancy Drugs that influence Vit D levels eg.antiepileptics and antituberculous treatment.
