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- Title
Maternal serum Ca125 and Ca15-3 antigen levels in normal and pathological pregnancy.
- Authors
Bon, G.G.; Kenemans, P.; Verstraeten, A.A.; Go, S.; Philipi, P.A.; van Kamp, G.J.; van Geijn, H.P.; van Vugt, J.M.G.; van Vugt, J M
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To evaluate the value of maternal serum CA125 and CA15-3 concentrations for discriminating pathological from normal pregnancies.<bold>Methods: </bold>Serum samples from 120 women, in whom pregnancy outcome was pathological, i.e. spontaneous abortion, fetal death, intrauterine growth retardation, chromosomal and structural abnormalities, and (pre)eclampsia, were assessed for CA125 and CA15-3 and compared with levels found in 350 women with a normal pregnancy outcome matched for age and duration of pregnancy.<bold>Results: </bold>Maternal CA125 serum values were significantly higher in the first and the third trimester of pregnancy (median 23.0 and 21.0 U/ml; p < 0.00001 and p < 0.001, respectively), compared to those in the second trimester (median 14.0 U/ml), but not significantly different from those obtained in pathological pregnancies. Maternal serum CA15-3 values were significantly higher during the third trimester (median 26.0 U/ml) compared to the first and second trimester of pregnancy (median 14.0 and 15.0 U/ml; p < 0.0001); CA15-3 serum levels in normal and pathological pregnancies showed no significant difference.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Maternal serum levels of CA125 are higher during the first and third trimester of pregnancy. CA15-3 maternal serum levels are higher during the third trimester compared to the first and second trimester. Maternal CA125 and CA15-3 serum levels showed no relation with a pathological outcome of pregnancy.
- Subjects
PREECLAMPSIA diagnosis; CHROMOSOME abnormalities; COMPARATIVE studies; GLYCOPROTEINS; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MISCARRIAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; FIRST trimester of pregnancy; THIRD trimester of pregnancy; PRENATAL diagnosis; RESEARCH; TUMOR antigens; EVALUATION research; PREDICTIVE tests; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Fetal Diagnosis & Therapy, 2001, Vol 16, Issue 3, p166
- ISSN
1015-3837
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1159/000053903