Nifedipine-induced changes in body composition in hypertensive patients at term.

Background: There are few studies on the effect of nifedipine on fluid homeostasis during pregnancy.

Objective: To assess the variation of body composition at term in patients with normal pregnancy and patients with gestational hypertension (GH) treated with nifedipine.

Methods: Seventeen healthy patients with singleton pregnancies and 12 non-proteinuric patients with gestational hypertension treated with nifedipine were enrolled consecutively from our University Hospital from January 2000 to January 2001.