Abstract

Introduction: As the leading cause of perinatal death and morbidity, hypertension affects 10% of pregnancies and is the most common medical consequence of pregnancy. Aims: The main objective of this study is to determine the level of C-reactive protein (CRP) in pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) along with normal pregnant mothers and compare them and to seek a relationship between PIH and serum CRP as an inflammatory biomarker for the predictor of the disease. Materials and method: It’s an observational case control study. It’s conducted in Medical College and hospital Kolkata, EDEN building, antenatal ward [GM WARD], outdoor department [OPD], labor room [LRO] from 18 months [March 2019 to August 2020]taking women with pre-eclampsia and normal pregnancy from 28weeks to 40weeks of gestation. Total of 280 samples have been included in this study. Result: A difference in CRP levels was found in our study between the groups with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and the healthy group. The serum CRP value in study group as Mean ± SD is 20.0700±8.2155,as compared to the control group of 6.3357±3.0993.

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