@article { , title = {Is there any relationship between ABO/Rh blood group and patients with pre-eclampsia?}, abstract = {Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the association between pre-eclampsia and blood groups in a group of pregnant women hospitalized in a University Hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil -Hospital São Lucas (HSL)/PUCRS. Study design: Our sample consisted of 10.040 pregnant women admitted to the maternity department of HSL between 2005 and 2010. The patients were reviewed retrospectively for inclusion. Medical records of 414 women were diagnosed as preeclampsia/eclampsia and were identified 9611 women to the control group. The patients were divided into two groups: the group with preeclampsia/eclampsia and the control group, and their blood groups were considered. Data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows version 17.0. Categorical data were summarized by counts and percentages, with the statistical significance evaluated by the Chi-square test. The null hypothesis was rejected when p}, doi = {10.1016/j.preghy.2014.03.003}, eissn = {2210-7789}, issn = {2210-7789}, issue = {2}, journal = {Pregnancy Hypertension}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Elsevier}, url = {https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/996326}, volume = {4}, keyword = {Hypertension, Pregnancy-induced, ABO blood-group system, Rh blood-group system, Immunological, Prenatal care}, year = {2014}, author = {Hentchke, Marta and Caruso, Fernanda B. and Paula, Letícia G. and Medeiro, Augusto K. and Gadonski, Giovani and Antonello, Ivan C. and Mistry, Hiten D. and Poli-de-Figueiredo, Carlos and Pinheiro da Costa, Bartira} }