IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 50 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog5002043
Open Access Original Research
The Inter-Trimester Variation and Prognostic Value of Creatinine, Cystatin C and Uric Acid in Preeclamptic Patients: A Retrospective Study
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1 Joint Inspection Center of Precision Medicine, The People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi Academy of Medical Sciences, 530021 Nanning, Guangxi, China
2 Department of Medical Laboratory, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 530021 Nanning, Guangxi, China
3 Department of Medical Laboratory, The People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi Academy of Medical Sciences, 530021 Nanning, Guangxi, China
4 Department of Medical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052 Zhengzhou, Henan, China
*Correspondence: qinwanyuan89@126.com (Wanyuan Qin)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2023, 50(2), 43; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5002043
Submitted: 9 September 2022 | Revised: 5 December 2022 | Accepted: 13 December 2022 | Published: 8 February 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Prenatal Diagnosis and Pregnancy Outcome)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical significance of maternal serum creatinine, cystatin C, and uric acid levels in relation to fetal death in pregnant women with preeclampsia. Methods: This retrospective study evaluated 708 women with preeclampsia, and 738 healthy pregnant women were selected as control. Medical records were reviewed to collect obstetric, neonatal, and biochemical data, including creatinine, cystatin C, and uric acid concentrations. Results: Maternal serum creatinine, cystatin C, and uric acid concentrations were significantly higher in the preeclamptic group than in the control (p < 0.05). Preeclamptic women in the fetal death group had significantly higher creatinine levels during their second and third trimesters, and higher uric acid concentrations throughout the pregnancy compared to the fetal survival group. Preeclamptic patients were divided into four groups based on quartiles of uric acid levels. The overall fetal survival rate in patients with upper-quartile uric acid concentrations was significantly lower than those with low uric acid levels during pregnancy. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that uric acid concentration was a significant risk factor for fetal death in the first and second trimesters in the preeclamptic group (p < 0.05). Conclusions: In pregnant women with preeclampsia, fetal death was associated with upper-quartile uric acid concentrations in the first and second trimesters. Uric acid levels can be an indicator of fetal death in the early and middle stage of pregnancy.

Keywords
preeclampsia
creatinine
cystatin C
uric acid
fetal death
Funding
QN2021-03/People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
QN2020-12/People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
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