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

Table 5

Levels of OxLDL, estriol, estradiol, and progesterone in the placenta of preeclamptic without/with and normal pregnant women.

Placental tissue	Normal pregnant women (𝑛=32) group 1	Preeclamptic pregnant women without IUGR (𝑛=21) group 2	Preeclamptic pregnant women with IUGR (𝑛=9) group 3	𝑃 value
Mean ± SD
OxLDL, µMol/mL/g tissue	9.85 ± 6.82	5.88 ± 4.41	8.09 ± 4.26	0.058
Estriol, ng/mL/g tissue	67.6 ± 23.1	43.5 ± 24.6*	38.4 ± 20.6*	0.001
Median (min-max)
Estradiol,; pg/mL/g tissue	20.3 (6.2–62.5)	8.2 (5.6–37.2)*	11.4 (5.3–61.3)	0.007
Progesterone, ng/mL/g tissue	0.22 (0.06–1.18)	0.08 (0.06–0.45)*	0.11 (0.05–0.97)	0.007

Statistically significant 𝑃<0.05  
*Differ from the normal group: (group 1-2: estriol 𝑃<0.001, group 1–3: estriol 𝑃=0.002, group 1-2: estradiol 𝑃=0.001, group 1-2: progesterone 𝑃=0.001).