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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Placenta. 2009 Aug 18;30(10):891–897. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.06.012

Table 3.

Ratio of DNA MFI of PLAP+ MPs to HLA-G+ MPs is lower in term preeclamptic pregnancies.

Normotensive
Pregnancies		 Preeclamptic
Pregnancies
Amount of DNA per
PLAP+mpDNA
(fetal DNA MFI) 		293.0
(220.0 – 421.0)		 280.0
(92.0 – 453.0)
Amount of DNA per
HLA-G+mpDNA
(fetal DNA MFI) 		30.0
(15.0 – 78.0)		 *55.5
(24.0 – 128.0)
Ratio of HLA-G+
PLAP+mpDNA MFI
to
HLA-G+mpDNA MFI 		12.2
(2.8 – 20.1)		 *5.4
(2.4 – 8.1)

Data are reported as median (min - max) of preeclamptic pregnancies compared to normotensive pregnant controls using the two-sample Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test.

*

p < 0.01 compared to normotensive pregnancies.

HLA-G (Human leukocyte antigen-G)

PLAP (Placental alkaline phosphatase)

mpDNA (Micro-particles containing DNA)