Research Article
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 |
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Chi-square test. Mann–Whitney test.
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