Androgen levels in the third trimester of pregnancy in patients with preeclampsia.

Objective(s): To investigate if testosterone levels are higher in patients with preeclampsia compared to normotensive pregnant patients.

Study Design: The levels of serum total and free testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, androstenedione and sex hormone binding globulin were estimated in 28 patients during the third trimester of pregnancy with established preeclampsia and 25 normotensive women.

Results: No statistically significant differences were noted between the two groups regarding the maternal age, gestational age, body mass index (BMI) haematocrit and neonatal sex.