Research Article

Adipokines and Endothelium Dysfunction Markers in Pregnant Women with Gestational Hypertension

Table 2

The correlations between the adipokines and the endothelium dysfunction marker levels and BMI in the GH group and the control group.

GH groupControl group
BMILeptinAdiponectinsICAM-1ADMABMILeptinAdiponectinsICAM-1ADMA

LeptinR = 0.56, R = 0.18, NSR = 0.06, NSR = 0.06, NSR = −0.03, NSR = 0.19, NSR = 0.08, NSR = 0.08, NS
AdiponectinR = −0.18, NSR = 0.18 NSR = 0.01, NSR = −0.03, NSR = 0.23, NSR = 0.19, NSR = 0.15, NSR = 0.48, NS
sICAM-1R = 0.40, NSR = 0.06, NSR = 0.01, NSR = 0.18, NSR = −0.40, NSR = 0.08, NSR = 0.15, NSR = 0.12, NS
ADMAR = 0.38, NSR = 0.06, NSR = −0.03, NSR = 0.18, NSR = 0.16, NSR = 0.08, NSR = 0.48, NSR = 0.12, NS

GH: gestational hypertension; BMI: body mass index; sICAM-1: soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1; ADMA: asymmetric dimethylarginine; R: Spearman correlation’s coefficient; : statistical significance; NS: statistically not significant. Statistical data analysis: Spearman’s rank test.