However the number of patients with preeclampsia was not significantly different between our case and control group, also; when removing the individuals with preeclampsia from the data set (n = 12 + n = 5), vitronectin remained a significant contributor in all of the models 1, 2 and 3 with p = 0.002, p = 0.040 and p = 0.046 respectively. Here, VTN is linked to preeclampsia.