| First Author, Year (PMID) |
Number of |
Inclusion Criteria for |
Additional Criteria |
| Sample |
Control |
PE |
Hypertension |
Proteinuria |
| Epiney,2012 [4]
(22234358) |
Secreted |
6 |
4 |
SBP ≥ 160mmHg or DBP ≥ 110mmHg |
≥ 5g/24hr |
N/A |
| Feng, 2012 [39]
(22414876) |
Tissue |
10 |
10 |
SBP ≥ 140 mm Hg or DBP ≥ 90 mm Hg |
≥ 0.3 g/24hr or ≥ 2 by dipstick
measurement |
C-section, epidural
anesthesia, age and
gestational age matched |
| Gharesi-Fard, 2010 [40]
(19954843) |
Tissue |
5 |
5 |
SBP ≥ 160mmHg or DBP ≥ 110mmHg on two occasions 6 hrs
apart |
≥ 500mg/24hrs |
C-section, age and gestational
Age |
| Jin, 2008 [41]
(18940332) |
Tissue |
N/A |
8 |
BP ≥ 140/90 |
≥ 300mg/24hrs |
C-section, age, time of
pregnancy |
| Kolla, 2012 [42]
(22570525) |
Serum |
6 |
6 |
N/A |
N/A |
Age and gestational age
Matched |
| Lui, 2011 [43]
(21145106) |
Serum |
5 |
5 |
SBP ≥ 160 mmHg or DBP ≥ 110mmHg on 2 occasions at least 6hrs
apart |
≥ 5 g/24h or ≥ 2 by dipstick
measurement |
C-section, third trimester,
gestational age-matched |
| Ma, 2013 [44]
(24343450) |
Tissue |
1 |
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
C-section, age, gestational
Age, and parity matched |
| Park, 2011 [45]
(21646846) |
Serum |
5 |
5 |
SBP ≥ 160mmHg or DBP ≥ 110mmHg |
≥ 2 by dipstick measurement
at least 6hrs apart |
C-section, age matched |
| Shi, 2013 [30]
(23671712) |
Tissue |
4 |
4 |
BP ≥ 160/110 mmHG on two occasions w/in 4 hrs |
≥ 2g /24hrs |
C-section, age, gestational
age, and parity matched |
| Shin, 2011 [46]
(21335933) |
Tissue |
10 |
10 |
SBP ≥ 160mmHg or DBP ≥ 90mmHg |
≥ 300mg/24hr |
C-section, |
| Wang, 2013 [28]
(24260401) |
Tissue |
20 |
20 |
SBP ≥ 150mmHg or DBP ≥ 110mmHg on 2 occasions in 6 hrs |
N/A |
N/A |
| Wang, 2013 [29]
(24205073) |
Tissue |
20 |
20 |
SBP ≥ 150mmHg or DBP ≥ 110mmHg on 2 occasions in 6 hrs |
N/A |
N/A |
