Laboratory Medicine ›› 2018, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (10): 920-923.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2018.10.011

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Antithrombin and D-dimer in predicting pregnancy complications in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy

LI Qin, ZHANG Chi, FEI Yang, TANG Ning   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430030,Hubei,China
  • Received:2017-10-16 Online:2018-10-30 Published:2018-10-23

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the roles of antithrombin(AT) and D-dimer(DD) in predicting pregnancy complications in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy. Methods A total of 5 095 pregnant women were enrolled. Women in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy were included,while women with primary hypertension,diabetes mellitus,cardiac diseases,chronic nephrosis and chronic hepatopathy before pregnancy and women terminating pregnancy due to fetal chromosome abnormality were excluded. The levels of AT and DD in patients with and without pregnancy complications were compared,and Logistic regression analysis was used for evaluating the roles of AT and DD in predicting pregnancy complications. Results The maternal complications of 5 095 pregnant women during the 28th-40th gestational weeks in this study included 353 cases of preeclampsia,105 cases of intrahepatic cholestasis during pregnancy(ICP),88 cases of gestational diabetes mellitus,45 cases of stillbirth and 15 cases of deep vein thrombosis(DVT). There were 4 548 pregnant women without pregnancy complications. The level of DD in patients with pregnancy complications was higher than that without pregnancy complications(P<0.05). The level of AT in patients with preeclampsia was lower than that without pregnancy complications(P<0.05). The level of AT in patients with ICP was higher than that without pregnancy complications(P<0.05). Compared with pregnant women without pregnancy complications,patients with ICP and stillbirth were younger,while those with gestational diabetes mellitus were elder(P<0.05). The odds ratio (OR) of ICP for patients with AT>115% was 20.24 [95% confidence interval (CI)12.870-31.819]. The OR of preeclampsia for patients with AT<70% was 5.41(95%CI 3.72-7.87). The OR of DVT for patients with DD>3.98 μg/mL was 5.74(95%CI 2.03-16.20),that of stillbirth was 4.05(95%CI 2.16-7.52),that of ICP was 2.95(95%CI 1.73-5.02),and that of preeclampsia was 2.76(95%CI 2.01-3.81). Conclusions AT and DD can predict pregnancy complications in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy.

Key words: Antithrombin, D-dimer, Pregnancy complications

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