Placental Growth Factor, Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 1, Soluble Endoglin, IL-6, and IL-16 as Biomarkers in Preeclampsia

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the two groups of women: preeclamptic and control.

	Preeclamptic group	Control group	value
Age (years)	29 ± 5.4	27 ± 6.6	0.097
Nulliparas (%)	77	76	0.996
Smoker (%)	25.5	28.6	0.507
Prepregnancy BMI	27.3 ± 6.8	21.1 ± 2.8	0.019
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	152 ± 17	114 ± 9	0.000
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	97 ± 11	70 ± 5	0.000
Proteinuria (%)	100	0	NA
GA at birth (weeks)	37 ± 1.2	38.7 ± 2.2	0.006
Birthweight (g)	3117 ± 644	3345 ± 372	0.000

Chi-square test.
Mann–Whitney test.