Cord Malaria Infection, Complement Activation, Oxidative Stress, Gestational Age, and Birth Weight, Characterized by High Plasmodium falciparum Prevalence in Bamenda, Cameroon
Table 5
Complement haemolytic titer and classical pathway activity of cord blood serum following the delivery date and birth weight levels.
Delivery outcomes
Umbilical cord malaria-negative women
Umbilical cord malaria-positive women
CH50
CPA
CH50
CPA
Age of gestation
Less than 245 days
14.6 ± 2.09a#
64.5 ± 32.0a#
23.6 ± 1.8b#
10.9 ± 2.9b#
245 days to 280 days
14.7 ± 1.82a#
71.1 ± 31.8a#
20.1 ± 4.6b#
31.5 ± 26.2b#
280 days and above
13.6 ± 2.34a#
75.6 ± 37.2a#
23.7 ± 10.6b#
23.2 ± 21.5b#
r ( value)
0.83 ()
0.14 (0.42)
Baby’s weight at birth
Less than 2.5 kg
13.1 ± 2.5a#
33.9 ± 21.4a#
24.4 ± 2.1b#
11.5 ± 3.4b#
2.50 kg to 4.0 kg
14.6 ± 1.8a#
68.4 ± 29.4a#
20.2 ± 0.3b&
19.4 ± 4.7b&
High than 4.0 kg
12.5 ± 2.8a#
95.5 ± 48.5a#
20.7 ± 1.1b&
17.9 ± 0.8b&
r ( value)
−0.65 ()
0.008 (0.96)
CH50 (complement haemolytic titter), CPA (classical pathway activation), r (Person’s correlation coefficient with CH50). Symbol letters indicate the difference following delivery outcomes, while letters show the difference related to the umbilical cord malaria.