Serum Vasostatin-1 Level is Increased in Women with Preeclampsia

Abstract Objective To evaluate the serum vasostatin-1 levels in preeclamptic and non-preeclamptic pregnant women. Materials and methods Thirty consecutive women with mild preeclampsia and sixty consecutive women with severe preeclampsia were compared with ninety gestational age-matched (±1 week) non-preeclamptic pregnant women with an appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) fetus. Results Mean serum vasostatin-1 was significantly higher in women with preeclampsia than gestational age-matched controls. Mean serum vasostatin-1 was significantly higher in the mild preeclampsia group compared to its gestational age-ma…