Activity of Proteolytic Enzymes and Level of Cystatin C in the Peripartum Period

Table 1

Mean activity of serum cathepsin B 1 day before delivery (−1), on the day of labor (0), and on the first (1) and second (2) days postpartum in three groups of patients; SD: standard deviation; : statistically significant .

		−1	0	1	2	C
VB + LI	Mean	6.46	6.12	5.26	4.90	1.42
	SD	3.47	3.37	2.45	1.75	0.49
		0.0002	0.00009	0.0002	0.0004
CS − LI	Mean	6.88	5.94	5.60	4.38	1.42
	SD	3.37	3.31	2.55	2.88	0.49
		0.00002	0.00007	0.00001	0.0002
CS + LI	Mean	5.79	5.76	5.13	2.62	1.42
	SD	4.06	2.93	2.03	—	0.49
		0.01	0.0008	0.0008	—