... as the serum levels of TNF-α and IL-1β at diagnosis/enrollment, while serum levels of IL-10 showed the opposite trend. Serum PAF levels were significantly higher in patients with HDCP compared to normal pregnant women. Furthermore, serum PAF levels were higher in HDCP patients with mild preeclampsia compared...

... gestational complications: preterm birth (< 37 weeks’ gestational age), low birth weight (< 2.5 kg), and preeclampsia. Results: Among the 12,899 studied pregnancies, 4,360 cases experienced one or more gestational complications. The adjusted odds ratio (aOR) and 95% confidence interval of composite...

...Xu Yang; Yiling Ding; Mengyuan Yang; Ling Yu; Yun Hu; Yali Deng Background/Aims: Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy-specific hypertensive disorder that is characterised by a high incidence of hypertension and proteinuria. Podocytes are involved in the formation of a split membrane, which is the last...

... changed from 177 ± 109 µmol/l in the early phase of pregnancy to 194 ± 149 µmol/l (p < 0.001) in the third trimester, and mean blood pressure increased from 97 ± 11 to 120 ± 19 mm Hg (p < 0.001). There were 37 cases with preeclampsia (49%). Fourteen cases showed a decrease in glomerular filtration...