Table 2 Correlations between general characteristics and MPO concentration and activity in plasma and urine samples from controls, mild and severe cases

From: Myeloperoxidase is not a good biomarker for preeclampsia prediction

Parameters

Healthy pregnant (controls)

Mild preeclampsia (case)

Severe preeclampsia (case)

Plasma

Urine

Plasma

Urine

Plasma

Urine

Conc.

Activity

Conc.

Activity

Conc.

Activity

Conc.

Activity

Conc.

Activity

Conc.

Activity

SBP (mmHg)

0.4(−0.1)

0.5(0.1)

0.4(−0.1)

0.6(−0.1)

0.3(−0.3)

0.6(−0.1)

1.0(−0.0)

0.6(0.1)

0.5(0.2)

0.01(−0.7)

0.3(−0.3)

0.9(0.0)

DBP (mmHg)

0.7(−0.0)

0.5(0.1)

0.7(−0.0)

1.0(−0.0)

0.1(−0.4)

0.1(−0.4)

0.7(−0.1)

0.5(−0.2)

0.6(0.1)

0.1(−0.6)

0.1(−0.5)

0.3(0.3)

BMI (Kg/m2)

0.4(0.1)

0.5(0.1)

0.5(−0.1)

0.7(−0.0)

0.2(−0.4)

0.2(−0.3)

0.2(−0.3)

0.5(−0.2)

0.02(0.6)

0.6(0.2)

0.4(−0.2)

0.3(0.3)

Maternal age (years)

0.5(−0.1)

0.7(0.1)

0.7(0.0)

1.0(−0.0)

0.8(−0.1)

0.1(−0.5)

0.8(−0.1)

0.7(0.1)

0.4(−0.3)

0.6(0.2)

0.7(−0.1)

0.8(−0.1)

GA at sampling (weeks)

0.6(−0.1)

0.7(0.1)

0.7(−0.0)

0.7(−0.0)

0.5(−0.2)

0.7(0.1)

0.6(−0.1)

0.4(−0.2)

0.6(0.2)

0.7(0.1)

1.0(−0.0)

0.9(−0.0)

NBW (g)

0.5(−0.1)

0.8(−0.0)

0.5(−0.1)

0.5(0.1)

0.1(−0.5)

0.9(0.0)

0.8(0.1)

0.8(0.1)

0.7(−0.1)

0.4(0.3)

0.4(0.3)

0.3(0.3)

MPO levels × activity

0.3 (0.1)

0.01(0.4)

0.5(−0.2)

0.6(0.1)

0.5(0.2)

0.5(−0.2)

  1. Data as P value (correlation coefficient).; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; BMI, body mass index GA, gestational age; NBW, newborn weight. Statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05).