Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship and
impact of D-dimer levels and preeclamptic pregnancies at different ages in women.
Methods: We conducted an observational retrospective cohort study of 325
pregnant women who delivered in Wenzhou People’s Hospital from January 2018 to
December 2021. Clinical data including age, neutrophils, lymphocytes, platelets,
fibrinogen, gestational age, D-dimer/fibrinogen, blood pressure at admission, and
fetal weight were collected from the medical record database. All measurements
were made using the same methods. Data for continuous variables were
expressed as X standard deviation (SD),
and inter-group differences in continuous data were compared by independent
sample t-test. Continuous variables that do not conform to the normal
distribution, such as age and D-dimer, were expressed as median and quartile
ranges. The relationship between D-dimer and preeclampsia pregnant women of
different ages was evaluated by receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve
analysis. Results: Among the middle-aged pregnant women, the average
D-dimer in the normotensive pregnancy group was (1.367 0.03 mg/L), which was
significantly lower than that in the preeclampsia group (2.087 0.16 mg/L). The
D-dimer/fibrinogen ratio was comparable between the young groups, but there was a
difference between the middle-aged groups. Meanwhile, in middle-aged pregnant
women, the predicted area of D-dimer for preeclampsia was 70.2% (95% confidence
interval (CI) 60–80.43%, p = 0.0002) , which was significantly higher
than that in the young group. Conclusions: Prenatal D-dimer levels may
be associated with more accurate predictors of preeclampsia in middle-aged women
than in young women.