Levels of Key Enzymes of Methionine-Homocysteine Metabolism in Preeclampsia

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of controls and preeclampsia patients, at 11–14 weeks of gestation.

	Control patients (𝑛=32)	Preeclampsia patients (𝑛=16)	𝑃 value
Maternal age (years)	25.5±1.2	29.9±1.9	0.0835
Gestation age at delivery (weeks)	39.3±0.2	36.6±1.0	<0.0001***
At 11–14 weeks
Systolic pressure (mmHg)	107.3 ± 1.9	121.4±3.6	0.0029**
Diastolic pressure (mmHg)	64.7±1.4	72.3±3.8	0.0053*
Maternal weight (kg)	64.3±2.2	75.1±4.4	0.0263*
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	25.4±0.9	30.4±1.7	0.0099*

Values are given as mean ± SEM. Statistical significance was assessed using Mann Whitney test. *𝑃<0.05; **𝑃<0.005; ***𝑃<0.001.