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Published in final edited form as: J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010 Feb;23(2):167–178. doi: 10.3109/14767050903067378

Table III. Plasma concentrations of PlGF, sVEGFR-2, sEng and sVEGFR-1 in pregnant women with acute pyelonephritis who had a positive blood culture result and patients with preeclampsia matched for gestational age at blood sampling.

	Normal pregnancy (n = 14)	p	Acute pyelonephritis (n=14)	p¹	Preeclampsia (n = 14)	p²
GA at blood sampling (weeks)	32.3 (25.9-35.0)	0.9	32.4 (25.1-35.0)	0.7	32.4 (25.6 – 35.2)	0.8
PlGF (pg/ml)	919.4 (661-1,404)	0.001^*	343 (128-474)	0.003^*	80 (0-150)	<0.001^*
sVEGFR-2 (ng/ml)	11.2 (8.5-24.7)	0.01^*	9.1 (5.1-14.2)	0.3	7.7 (4.5-13.9)	0.001^*
sEng (ng/ml)	6.9 (4.6-9.5)	0.3	7.8 (6.2-10.5)	<0.001^*	63.0 (29.3-100.4)	<0.001^*
sVEGFR-1 (pg/ml)	1,207 (665-1,519)	0.6	1,213 (606-2,286)	<0.001^*	8,247 (4,557-11,825)	<0.001^*

Values expressed as median (inter-quartile range); GA: gestational age

p¹ : comparisons between acute pyelonephritis and preeclampsia; p² : comparisons between normal pregnancy and preeclampsia

p<0.05