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The diagnosis values of serum STAT4 and sEng in preeclampsia
Luyan Zhang1, Xuechun Li1, Chengcheng Zhou1
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ningbo Mingzhou Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Objective:
To detect the levels of signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) and soluble endoglin (sEng) in preeclampsia patients and analyze the diagnostic values of STAT4 and sEng in preeclampsia.
Methods:
Fifty-four pregnant women with preeclampsia from October 2017 to June 2018 were included in this study. Twenty-eight matched healthy pregnant women were set as the control group. The general clinical characteristics were measured. Serum STAT4 and sEng were detected by ELISA. Correlation between STAT4 and sEng, and their diagnostic value in preeclampsia were analyzed.
Results:
Compared with control, the prothrombin time in preeclampsia was significantly lower, while the mean arterial pressure, 24-hour urine protein, serum creatinine, fibrinogen, and ALT were significantly higher. The circulating levels of STAT4 and sEng were significantly increased in the preeclampsia. The serum levels of STAT4 and sEng in preeclampsia were positively correlated. For the diagnosis of preeclampsia by the serum STAT4, AUC is 0.902, and the sensitivity and specificity are 0.893 and 0.929. By the serum sEng, AUC is 0.873, and the sensitivity and specificity are 0.816 and 0.905.
Conclusion:
The serum levels of STAT4 and sEng were significantly increased in preeclampsia with disease severity status, which have promise as diagnostic markers in preeclampsia.
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