Association of Angiopoietin Dysregulation in Placental Malaria with Adverse Birth Outcomes

Table 3

Angiopoietin concentration (pg/ml) in birth outcome category with malaria status.

Birth outcome	Malaria result
		Peripheral ANG1	Peripheral ANG2	Placental ANG1	Placental ANG2	Ratio of peripheral ANG2/ANG1	Ratio of placental ANG2/ANG1
Normal	Negative (83)	2349.2 ± 139.8	1173.6 ± 69.7	6307.5 ± 1335.0	9536.1 ± 146.1	0.50 ± 0.04	1.58 ± 0.35
	Positive (28)	± 58.8	± 70.0	± 890.0	± 55.4	± 0.03	± 0.28
LBW	Negative (86)	2310.9 ± 159.8	1180.3 ± 77.6	6045.7 ± 1192.1	9561.5 ± 103.0	0.51 ± 0.05	1.65 ± 0.34
	Positive (25)	±  81.6	± 53.2	± 280.9	± 43.7	± 0.03	± 0.11
SB	Negative (47)	2287.3 ± 71.4	1195.1 ± 29.6	5829.4 ± 723.9	9568.9 ± 87.3	0.52 ± 0.02	1.67 ± 0.22
	Positive (17)	± 37.3	± 24.2	± 399.7	± 59.3	± 0.02	± 0.23
Total	Negative (216)	2320.5 ± 138.7	1180.9 ± 67.0	6099.2 ± 1177.9	9553.3 ± 119.0	0.51 ± 0.04	1.63 ± 0.32
	Positive (70)	± 101.3	± 66.5	± 831.2	± 88.2	± 0.05	± 0.32
Grand total (286)		2293.1 ± 139.0	1198.9 ± 73.9	5833.5 ± 1196.9	9580.6 ± 121.9	0.53 ± 0.05	1.71 ± 0.35

Note: Level of significance between negative and positive cases based on -test, , .