A New Approach to Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Signaling during Labour in Healthy Mothers and Neonates

Table 1

Values of biochemical parameters studied in mothers during labour and in both umbilical vein and artery of newborn.

	Mothers; ( = 56)		Umbilical cord; ( = 56)
	Before delivery	After delivery	Vein	Artery
Total bilirubin (mol/L)	46.74 ± 4.20^a	49.04 ± 4.35^a	30.27 ± 1.52^b	26.03 ± 1.36^c
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	257.66 ± 5.62^a	242.01 ± 6.99^a	65.21 ± 1.28^b	60.25 ± 1.39^c
Phospholipids (mg/dL)	194.56 ± 4.18^a	182.68 ± 3.68^b	97.02 ± 2.73^c	89.32 ± 2.69^d
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	197.85 ± 9.86^a	185.82 ± 8.43^a	44.08 ± 1.89^b	44.41 ± 2.13^b

Values are mean ± SEM. For every column, mean values with different superscript letters were significantly different ( < 0.05).