Abstract:Objective To study the changes of serum neutrophil gelatinase associated lipid carrier protein (NGAL) and homocysteine (Hcy) in patients with pregnancy induced hypertension and their diagnostic value for early renal damage.Methods Ninety-four patients with PIH in our hospital from May 2020 to may 2021 were selected as the study group, and 90 normal pregnant women in the same period were selected as the control group; Patients with PIH were divided into renal damage (n = 26) and non renal damage (n = 68) according to whether renal damage occurred. The serum levels of NGAL and Hcy were compared between the two groups. The general data and serum levels of NGAL and Hcy were compared between patients with renal damage and non renal damage. The influencing factors of early renal damage and the diagnostic value of serum levels of NGAL and Hcy in early renal damage were analyzed.Results Compared the levels of serum NGAL and Hcy between the study group and the control group, the difference was statistically significant by T test (P < 0.05). The levels of serum NGAL and Hcy in the study group were higher than those in the control group. There was no significant difference in age, gestational week, BMI, pregnancy times, labor times, delivery experience, education level, TC level, TG level, and Cr level between patients with renal damage and those without renal damage (P > 0.05). The composition ratio, UA level, ACR level, NGAL level and Hcy level of the severity of the disease in patients with renal impairment and patients without renal impairment were compared χ2 or T test, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The severity, UA, ACR, NGAL, and Hcy of patients with renal impairment were greater than those of patients without renal impairment. Logistic stepwise regression analysis showed that severity of disease [ O^R = 3.888 (95% CI: 1.692, 8.937), UA level [ O^R = 4.158 (95% CI: 1.809, 8.556) ], ACR level [ O^R = 4.600 (95% CI: 0.001, 10.571) ], NGAL level [ O^R = 4.792 (95% CI: 2.085, 11.014) ], and Hcy level [ O^R = 5.013 (95% CI: 2.181, 11.521) ] were the influencing factors of early renal damage (P < 0.05). ROC analysis showed that the cut off values of serum NGAL and Hcy levels for diagnosing early renal damage were 185.26 ng/mL and 28.57 μ mol/L, with sensitivity of 76.92% (95% CI: 0.559, 0.902), 80.77% (95% CI: 0.600, 0.927), specificity of 92.65% (95% CI: 0.830, 0.973), 80.88% (95% CI: 0.692, 0.890), AUC of 0.869 and 0.830. The sensitivity of their combination was 96.15% (95% CI: 0.784, 0.998), specificity was 86.76% (95% CI: 0.758, 0.934), anf AUC value was 0.962.Conclusion The serum levels of NGAL and Hcy in patients with pregnancy induced hypertension are significantly increased, which has high diagnostic value for early renal damage.