Clinical Study

Levels of Oxidized LDL, Estrogens, and Progesterone in Placenta Tissues and Serum Paraoxonase Activity in Preeclampsia

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data of the study subjects.

Normal pregnant women ( )Preeclamptic pregnant women ( ) value

Mean ± SD

Maternal age, years 27 ± 630 ± 60.078
Gestational age, weeks 37.4 ± 1.535.1 ± 4.40.009
Infant’s birth weight, g3172 ± 3692429 ± 9070.001
BMI 27.6 ± 1.528.6 ± 1.10.008

Median (min-max)

Systolic BP, mm Hg110 (90–140)150 (140–210)0.001
Diastolic BP, mm Hg70 (50–100)90 (90–120)0.001
Urine mg protein/day37.6 (7.90–200)921 (307–6923)0.001
Apgar 1 min9 (3–10)9 (0–10)0.038
Apgar 5 min10 (5–10)10 (0–10)0.023

Statistically significant .