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Multifetal pregnancies (MFP) and hypertensive disorders (HD) are prominent risk factors for PPCM. To determine which blood variables exhibit greater change in a late stage of pregnancy in women with MFP and\/or HD compared with women with normotensive singleton pregnancies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Serum levels of six variables\u2014high-sensitive troponin I (hs-TnI), N-terminal fragment of precursor protein brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), myoglobin, creatine kinase-myocardial band, ferritin, and prolactin\u2014were compared between 29 women with MFP (n = 13) and\/or HD (n = 18) and 100 women with normotensive singleton pregnancies (control group). None of 129 women developed PPCM. All variables increased significantly peripartum in both groups. In 29 women with MFP and\/or HD, the elevated hs-TnI and NT-proBNP levels (median) were significantly higher compared with the control group (5.4 vs. 3.7 pg\/mL for hs-TnI with P = 0.002, 185 vs. 68 pg\/mL for NT-proBNP with P = 0.007), and the prevalence rate of more than 90th percentile value specific for the 129 women was significantly more frequent for hs-TnI (&amp;gt;12.2 pg\/mL; 31% [9\/29] vs. 4.0% [4\/100], P &amp;lt; 0.001) and tended to be more frequent for NT-proBNP (&amp;gt;342 pg\/mL; 21% [6\/29] vs. 7.0%, P = 0.072).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Both hs-TnI and NT-proBNP were likely to increase markedly in women with MFP and\/or HD. 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