Adipokine Serum visfatin level in pregnancy induced hypertension and uncomplicated pregnancy

ABSTRACT

Background and Objectives: Hypertensive disorder in pregnancy is the significant disease that badly affects the maternal and fetal prognosis and lead to higher mortality and morbidity in the prenatal period. Visfatin, potentially a new adipokine has emerged having high contribution in pathogenesis of preeclampsia. The objective of the study was to find the level of Visfatin in pregnancy induced hypertension and normal pregnant women