Cystatin C as an indicator of renal damage in pre-eclampsia.

Objective: To assess the predictive abilities of serum and urinary cystatin C levels for glomerular lesions in pregnant women with pre-eclampsia.

Methods: In this study, kidney function markers were compared between38 pregnant women with pre-eclampsia and 22 healthy pregnant women.

Results: The serum and urine levels of cystatin C and urea were significantly higher in the pre-eclampsia group than in the control group.