Maternal serum leptin as a marker of preeclampsia.

Purpose: To assess maternal leptin levels as a marker for preeclampsia (PE) and to explore the possibility of leptin being a marker of severity of preeclampsia.

Participants And Methods: Comparative prospective study was conducted among a total of 72 pregnant women at 28-38 weeks of gestation. They were divided into two groups (control and study) according to the absence or presence of clinical parameters of preeclampsia.