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To test this we evaluated whether eoPRED score is associated with the severity of MVM pathology in placentas from both preeclamptic and non-preeclamptic pregnancies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We utilized 493 placentas with both Infinium EPICv1.0 DNA methylation data and histopathologic characterization by a placental pathologist. We evaluated associations between eoPRED score and four major classes of placental pathology: maternal vascular malperfusion (MVM), fetal vascular malperfusion (FVM), chronic inflammation (CI), and acute inflammation (AI).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>eoPRED score was higher in placentas from pregnancies with EOPE (n = 7) than controls without preeclampsia (n = 402, p &amp;lt; 0.001). Independent of EOPE, eoPRED correlated with the grade of MVM (R = 0.34, p &amp;lt; 0.01), but was not associated with any other pathology class.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>eoPRED score can not only be used to identify cases of likely EOPE but is also associated with placental maternal vascular dysfunction in the absence of preeclampsia. This score may thus be useful in placental DNAme datasets lacking pathology information to identify associations between exposures\/and or birth outcomes with placental dysfunction.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/freae.2026.1749513","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,4]],"date-time":"2026-06-04T22:10:22Z","timestamp":1780611022000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A placental DNA methylation score associated with early-onset preeclampsia and maternal vascular malperfusion pathology"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"4","author":[{"given":"Hannah J.","family":"Illing","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia","place":["Vancouver, BC, Canada"]},{"name":"British Columbia Children\u2019s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR)","place":["Vancouver, BC, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alexa A.","family":"Freedman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Northwestern University","place":["Evanston, IL, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lauren","family":"Keenan-Devlin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Endeavor Health","place":["Evanston, IL, United States"]},{"name":"University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine","place":["Evanston, IL, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gregory E.","family":"Miller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Northwestern University","place":["Evanston, IL, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ann E.","family":"Borders","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Northwestern University","place":["Evanston, IL, United States"]},{"name":"Endeavor Health","place":["Evanston, IL, United States"]},{"name":"University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine","place":["Evanston, IL, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Linda M.","family":"Ernst","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Endeavor Health","place":["Evanston, IL, United States"]},{"name":"University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine","place":["Evanston, IL, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wendy P.","family":"Robinson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia","place":["Vancouver, BC, Canada"]},{"name":"British Columbia Children\u2019s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR)","place":["Vancouver, BC, Canada"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejogrb.2013.05.005","article-title":"Global and regional estimates of preeclampsia and eclampsia: a systematic review","volume":"170","author":"Abalos","year":"2013","journal-title":"Eur. 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