title: Tumor markers in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
abstract: Plasma levels of tumor markers (CEA, TPA, CA 15.3, CA 125, alpha-fetoprotein) for 50 patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were compared with those of 50 healthy women with singleton pregnancies and 50 healthy non-pregnant controls. With the exception of CEA all tumor marker values were higher in pregnant women, these differences being statistically significant (all p < 0.0001). Alpha-fetoprotein was lower in hypertensive than in healthy pregnant women (p = 0.0004), whereas CEA, CA 15.3 and CA 125 showed no statistically significant differences. TPA values in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (median 190 U/l) were 2.7 times higher than those of healthy pregnant controls (median 70.5 U/l) with a statistically significant difference (p < 0.0001). The individual degrees of disease severity demonstrated increasing TPA medians (pregnancy-induced hypertension: 106.5 U/l; pre-eclampsia: 200 U/l; HELLP syndrome: 339 U/l). TPA levels correlated positively with clinical severity of disease and negatively with fetal (rs = -0.58; p < 0.0001) and placental weight (rs = 0.44; p = 0.01).
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schröcksnadel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Daxenbichler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Artner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steckel-Berger
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dapunt
mesh_terms: D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000097:blood; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D017359:HELLP Syndrome / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood*; D010455:Peptides / Q000097:blood; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000097:blood*; D019396:Tissue Polypeptide Antigen; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D010455:Peptides; D019396:Tissue Polypeptide Antigen; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins