Similarities between preeclampsia an d ath erosclerosis have been ted, that dietary intake of pid should be exactly considered. Clausen et al. 124] observed higher intake of polyunsaturated fatty h preeclampsia, which is consistent with the resu s in women wi of present study. Several studies have emphasized on the occurrence of dyslipidemia during preeclampsia 13,34-371. But has not been clea that either these changes were resulted from disease, or dietary intake. seems that higher intake of ted fat may induce oxidative sted that oxidative stress is accompanied stress 138,39], an it is sugge with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The result of present study revealed that higherintake ofmonounsaturated fatty acidsincreased the risk of gestational hypertension, which was against to that hypothesiz A few studies have examined the role of monounsaturated fatty acids on the development of pregnancy induced hypertension. However, the observed relation may have been by chance, or low accuracy of used SFRQ to assess dietary intake. The possible mechanisms through which pids may b e involved in hypert disorders of pregnancy have no been investigated yet.