Cord Malaria Infection, Complement Activation, Oxidative Stress, Gestational Age, and Birth Weight, Characterized by High Plasmodium falciparum Prevalence in Bamenda, Cameroon
Table 6
Total oxidative stress and total oxidative defence of cord blood serum following the delivery date and birth weight levels.
Umbilical cord malaria-negative women
Umbilical cord malaria-positive women
TAD
TOS
TAD
TOS
Age of gestation
Less than 245 days
0.28 ± 0.02a#
0.14 ± 0.03a#
0.13 ± 0.01b#
0.19 ± 0.01b#
245 days to 280 days
0.29 ± 0.03a&
0.16 ± 0.06a&
0.18 ± 0.05b&
0.21 ± 0.03b&
280 days and above
0.30 ± 0.04a&
0.18 ± 0.02a&
0.18 ± 0.04b&
0.21 ± 0.03b&
r ( value)
−0.84 (<0.0001)
0.11 (0.53)
Baby weight at birth
Less than 2.5 kg
0.31 ± 0.03a#
0.12 ± 0.02a#
0.15 ± 0.03b#
0.20 ± 0.01b#
2.50 kg to 4.0 kg
0.27 ± 0.03a&
0.16 ± 0.11a&
0.19 ± 0.05b&
0.15 ± 0.03a&
High than 4.0 kg
0.26 ± 0.04a&
0.18 ± 0.01a&
0.18 ± 0.05b&
0.16 ± 0.01b&
r ( value)
0.58 (0.0005)
−0.15 (0.41)
TAD (total oxidative stress), TOS (total oxidative defence), r (Person’s correlation coefficient with TOS). Symbol letters indicate the difference following delivery outcomes, while letters show the difference related to the umbilical cord malaria.