Correlation between maternal first trimester plasma leptin levels and birth weight among normotensive and preeclamptic women.

Objective: To determine the connection between maternal first trimester serum leptin levels and newborn weight.

Methods: The study included 37 preeclamptic women and 53 normotensive women who considered the control group. Maternal blood samples were withdrawn at 13 weeks of gestation for the measurement of leptin concentrations.

Relation between first trimester maternal serum leptin levels and body mass index in normotensive and pre-eclamptic pregnancies--role of leptin as a marker of pre-eclampsia: a prospective case-control study.

Objective: We measured first trimester plasma leptin concentrations in 37 women who subsequently developed pre-eclampsia and 53 normotensive controls to determine the interrelation between leptin and body mass index (BMI) in both groups. We further investigated the association between the risks for pre-eclampsia with maternal leptin levels.

Methods: Bloods samples were collected at 13 weeks.

Serum levels of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 correlate with advanced and metastatic disease and poor prognosis in gastric cancer.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the levels of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in gastric cancer patients and healthy controls and to evaluate their clinical significance.

Methods: The serum levels of the intercellular adhesion molecule-1 were measured in 53 patients with gastric cancer and in 39 healthy controls by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and were associated with clinicopathological features, patient survival and established tumor markers.

Results: Serum levels of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in patients with gastric cancer were significantly higher in comparison with healthy controls.