Anne M Lynch1, Brandie D Wagner2, Patricia C Giclas3, Nancy A West4, Ronald S Gibbs1, V Michael Holers5. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. 2. Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA. 3. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA. 4. Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA. 5. Department of Medicine and Immunology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
Abstract
PROBLEM: To determine the understudied relationship between complement Bb during pregnancy in subjects with preeclampsia compared with normotensive controls. METHOD OF STUDY: Nested case-control study. RESULTS: Average Bb levels significantly decreased over time in pregnancy [weekly slope (S.E.): -0.0094 (0.0005), P < 0.01]. Cross-sectionally, at less than 10 weeks, Bb levels decreased with increasing gestational age in women who remained normotensive [weekly slope (S.E.): -0.007 (0.02) and for women who developed preeclampsia (weekly slope (S.E.): -0.059 (0.03) P = 0.12]. Among women who developed preeclampsia, Bb levels were greatest when samples were drawn in the gestational window of 15-20 weeks [(weekly slope (S.E.): 0.06 (0.02)], while levels among normotensive women were inversely related with gestational age [weekly slope (S.E.): -0.02 (0.01)]. The differences in slopes between cases and controls between 10 and 21 weeks' gestation were statistically significant (P = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS: We suggest dysregulation of Bb activation between 10 and 20 weeks' gestation in women who develop preeclampsia.
PROBLEM: To determine the understudied relationship between complement Bb during pregnancy in subjects with preeclampsia compared with normotensive controls. METHOD OF STUDY: Nested case-control study. RESULTS: Average Bb levels significantly decreased over time in pregnancy [weekly slope (S.E.): -0.0094 (0.0005), P < 0.01]. Cross-sectionally, at less than 10 weeks, Bb levels decreased with increasing gestational age in women who remained normotensive [weekly slope (S.E.): -0.007 (0.02) and for women who developed preeclampsia (weekly slope (S.E.): -0.059 (0.03) P = 0.12]. Among women who developed preeclampsia, Bb levels were greatest when samples were drawn in the gestational window of 15-20 weeks [(weekly slope (S.E.): 0.06 (0.02)], while levels among normotensive women were inversely related with gestational age [weekly slope (S.E.): -0.02 (0.01)]. The differences in slopes between cases and controls between 10 and 21 weeks' gestation were statistically significant (P = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS: We suggest dysregulation of Bb activation between 10 and 20 weeks' gestation in women who develop preeclampsia.
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