Correlation between the Level of Von Willebrand Factor (VWF) and Blood Pressure of Pregnant Women in Makassar City Hardianti1, Thaha Abdul Razak1, Bahar Burhanuddin1 1Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km. 10, Tamalanrea Indah, Tamalanrea, Tamalanrea Indah, Tamalanrea, Kota, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, 90245, Indonesia Online published on 30 April, 2019. Abstract The aim of this study to analyses the correlation between the Von Willebrand factor (VWF) and blood pressure of pregnant women in Makassar. The study was used cross sectional study which is conducted in community health center (Puskesmas) of Makassar city from August to November 2015. The subjects were primigravida pregnant women ranged from 17 to 35 years old and had no history background on chronic hypertension. The data collections were the sample characteristics, anthropocentric data and blood pressure data. The blood sample was examined at Nechri Laboratory of Hasanuddin University. The data were analyzed used Chi-square by SPSS programmed to analyze the correlation between the level of Von Willebrand Factor(VWF) and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The study was indicted that the average systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the samples was respectively 101.08 mmHg and 70.81 mmHg. The mean level VWF of the samples was 363.41 ng/ml. There was no significant correlation between VWF level and systolic (p=0.09) and diastolic (p=0.643) blood pressure. Top Keywords Blood pressure, Pregnant women, VWF. Top |