There was also evidence of increased neuroinflammation among those who had eclampsia compared to women with preeclampsia: a 4.6-fold increase in IL-8 (95% CI 1.66–40.92, p = 0.029), a 3.2-fold increase in TNF-alpha (95% CI 1.10–22.53, p = 0.029) and a non-significant 8.5-fold increase in IL-6 (95% CI 0.86–521.37, p = 0.057). Here, CXCL8 is linked to preeclampsia.