Table 3 Correlation coefficients with p values between clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters of preeclamptic patients and plasma total DNA levels

Age

-0.04

0.72

BMI at blood draw

0.18

0.23

Systolic blood pressure

-0.10

0.43

Diastolic blood pressure

-0.21

0.087

Gestational age at blood draw

0.10

0.40

Gestational age at delivery

0.02

0.87

Fetal birth weight

-0.01

0.96

Serum BUN level

-0.07

0.57

Serum creatinine level

0.03

0.83

Serum bilirubin level

0.06

0.62

Serum AST activity

0.31

0.012

Serum ALT activity

0.46

<0.001

Serum LDH activity

0.17

0.23

Serum CRP level

0.04

0.76

Plasma VWF:Ag level

-0.18

0.14

Plasma fibronectin level

0.01

0.96

Plasma malondialdehyde level

-0.11

0.36

Plasma fetal DNA level^‡

0.14

0.41