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Predictive value of vitamin A and E levels in pre-eclampsia and postpartum kidney injury
Na Li1, Yue Yang1, Xiaojing Yue1
1Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Civil Aviation General Hospital Beijing 100123, China.
Objective:
This research aimed to explore the predictive value of levels of vitamin A and E in pre-eclampsia and postpartum kidney injury.
Methods:
A total of 106 pregnant women with severe pre-eclampsia diagnosed in our hospital from May 2015 to December 2018 were selected as the research subjects. There from, 75 pregnant women with severe pre-eclampsia were enrolled into the severe PE group (SPE) and 31 with acute kidney injury were divided into the severe PE and AKI group (SPE and AKI). Serum vitamin A and E content was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and the correlation between vitamins A and E and disease was analyzed. The expression levels of kidney injury markers in both groups were detected, and the correlation between markers and vitamin A and E levels was analyzed.
Results:
The expression level of vitamins A and E decreased in the pre-eclampsia and postpartum kidney injury, and it was negatively correlated with disease severity. The expression of the two decreased further in the severe pre-eclampsia patients with kidney injury. In addition, the expression of kidney injury markers in the severe pre-eclampsia patients with postpartum kidney injury was higher than that in severe pre-eclampsia patients, and it was negatively correlated with vitamin A and E levels.
Conclusion:
Vitamins A and E are expressed in low levels in pre-eclampsia and postpartum kidney injury, and the latter has a higher sensitivity and specificity than the former. It is negatively correlated with kidney injury markers KIM-1, NGAL, UA and Scr, which can be used as a physical and chemical indexes for clinical prediction.
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