Research Article
Possible Association of IL-4 VNTR Polymorphism with Susceptibility to Preeclampsia
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of PE patients and controls.
| | Variable | Controls | PE patients | value | OR (95% CI) | | |
| | Maternal age (years) | | | NS | | | Gestation age (weeks) | | | 0.001 | | | Birth weight | | | NS | | | SBP | | | 0.0001 | | | DBP | | | 0.0001 | | | Primiparity (%) | 57 (30) | 84 (44) | 0.003 | 1.9 (1.2–2.8) | | Family history of PE, (%) | 61 (33) | 77 (40) | NS | | | Race, (%) | | | | | | Balouch | 81 (43.5) | 81 (42) | | 1 | | Fars | 70 (37.6) | 52 (27) | 0.13 | 0.7 (0.5–1.1) | | Afghan | 35 (18.8) | 59 (31) | 0.003 | 1.7 (1–2.8) |
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NS: not significant.
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