Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) as a biomarker of early pregnancy location and viability compared with hCG, progesterone and estradiol.

Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Jesper Friis PetersenEllen Løkkegaard

Abstract

A circulating biomarker of early pregnancy outcome independent of ultrasonography and gestational age is a coveted goal. This study evaluated soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), a well-described marker of inflammation and immunological activation, for this purpose, and compared it with established early pregnancy biomarkers of the luteoplacental phase: progesterone, estradiol and hCG. We merged data from two prospective first trimester cohorts to conduct a case-control study comparing these analytes in women who had either a live birth, a miscarriage or an ectopic pregnancy. The ability to predict pregnancy location and viability was assessed by areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC). Comparing women irrespective of gestational age with a live birth, miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy showed significantly lower suPAR values in the latter group (2.4 vs. 2.4 vs. 2.0 μg/L, p = 0.032, respectively), as were all other analytes. Before 6 weeks' gestation, suPAR was significantly inferior to progesterone, estradiol and hCG in pregnancy location and viability prediction (in 124 pregnancies, suPAR AUClocation = 0.69 [CI: 0.54-0.83] and AUCviability = 0.58 [CI: 0.48-0.69], while progesterone AU...Continue Reading

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