Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC)
The aim of the present study was to assess leptin/adiponectin ratio in preeclamptic patients compared with normal pregnant women. A cross-sectional study was designed. The study population consisted of 30 preeclamptic patients and 30 healthy pregnant women. Serum levels of total leptin and adiponectin were assessed using commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay methods. The oneway ANOVA and Student’s t tests and Pearson’s correlation analysis were used for statistical calculations…