An Elevated Maternal Plasma Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase-1 to Placental Growth Factor Ratio at Midtrimester Is a Useful Predictor for Preeclampsia
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of women with normotensive pregnancies and women who eventually developed preeclampsia.
Variable
Preeclampsia patients ()
Matched controls ()
value
Characteristics at sampling
Age (year)
26 (9)
26.5 (11)
0.466
Body mass index (kg/m2)
24.7 ± 3.1
23.9 ± 4.6
0.141
Nulliparous, (%)
66 (79.5)
176 (70.4)
0.119
Gestational age (week)
16.9 ± 1.9
16.4 ± 2.8
0.131
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
115.2 ± 14.9
117.1 ± 16.3
0.348
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
68.6 ± 9.4
70.6 ± 11.6
0.156
Urine protein (dipstick)
Negative*
Negative*
Characteristics at delivery
Gestational age at delivery (week)
36.5 ± 1.8
39.2 ± 1.3
<0.0001
Birth weight (g)
2510 (650)
3000 (380)
<0.0001
Negative, by dipstick analysis. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, median (interquartile range), or number (%). value < 0.05 is significant.
