Association study of interleukin-1 receptor associated kinase 1 rs3027898 A?C gene polymorphism and preeclampsia in Pakistani population Authors Amna Mahmood Department of Biochemistry, Islamic International Medical College, Riphah University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Amena Rahim Department of Biochemistry, Islamic International Medical College, Riphah University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Muhammad Afzal Islamic International Medical College, Riphah University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Muhammad Imran Bajwa Department of Biochemistry, Islamic International Medical College, Riphah University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Yawar Zaman Punjab Employees Social Security Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan Hira Waqas Cheema Department of Anatomy, Islamic International Medical College, Riphah University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.1307 Abstract Objective: To find the association between interleukin- 1 receptor associated kinase 1 rs 3027898 gene polymorphism and preeclampsia in Pakistani population. Preeclampsia (PE) is defined as hypertension with proteinuria, diagnosed after 20 week of gestation up till 2 week postpartum. . It affects 2-8% of all pregnancies and remains a leading cause of maternal and perinatal deaths worldwide with around 344,000 women dying from preeclampsia in the last ten years. Incidence of preeclampsia in pregnant women in Pakistan is 1.2%. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that preeclampsia is responsible for 12% of maternal mortality in Asia. Continuous... Downloads Full Text Article Published 2021-12-29 How to Cite Amna Mahmood, Amena Rahim, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Imran Bajwa, Yawar Zaman, & Hira Waqas Cheema. (2021). Association study of interleukin-1 receptor associated kinase 1 rs3027898 A?C gene polymorphism and preeclampsia in Pakistani population. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 71(5), 1332–1336. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.1307 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 71 No. 5 (2021): MAY Section ORIGINAL ARTICLE