Research Article
Study on the Usefulness of APR Scores from the Viewpoint of Proinflammatory Cytokines
Table 1
Comparisons among proinflammatory cytokine levels at age 0 days (pg/mL).
(a) |
| | | IL-1 | IL-6 | IL-8 | IL-10 | TNF |
| Group I | 15 | 151.2 ± 175.4 | 8402.1 ± 11784.7 | 25554.1 ± 34672.7 | 297.5 ± 551.4 | 72.2 ± 66.9 | Group F | 17 | 49.5 ± 46.4 | 16574.1 ± 38524.3 | 2511.2 ± 5226.8 | 58.1 ± 58.8 | 34.6 ± 31.6 | Group C | 14 | 4.6 ± 7.1 | 68.5 ± 140.3 | 85.2 ± 118.7 | 169.0 ± 507.0 | 8.4 ± 8.6 |
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Mean ± SD.
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(b) |
| | | | | I vs | Group F | Group C | F vs | Group C |
| IL-1β | < 0.05 | < 0.01 | IL-1β | NS | IL-6 | NS | NS | IL-6 | NS | IL-8 | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | IL-8 | NS | IL-10 | NS | NS | IL-10 | NS | TNF-α | < 0.05 | < 0.01 | TNF- | NS |
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Group I: infection, Group F: fetal inflammatory response syndrome, Group C: control.
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