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Research Article

Pro-BNP Levels and Its Prognostic Role in Chronic Hypertensive Pregnancies: A Prospective Case-Control Study From A Tertiary Care Hospital

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Pages 202-208 | Received 16 Nov 2020, Accepted 02 Jun 2021, Published online: 18 Jun 2021
 

ABSTRACT

Background: This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in pregnancies with isolated chronic hypertension (HT).

Method: 34 pregnant women with chronic HT and 40normotensive controls were enrolled. The association between plasma NT-proBNP levels obtained in the first trimester and perinatal complications were evaluated.

Results: NT-proBNP levelsstrongly predicted low birth weight (AUC=0.842, p<0.001). NT-proBNP and birth weight were negatively correlated (r= -0.323, p=0.005). NT-proBNP was found to be an individual determinant of low birth weight in univariate analysis (OR:1.03; 95%CI:1.01-1.04).

Conclusion: NT-proBNP levels can be useful to predict low birth weight in pregnancies with chronic HT.

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This study was funded by Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women's Health Training and Research Hospital (project number:2020/016).

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