Salivary Lactate Dehydrogenase in Relationship to the Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy among Newborn Infants

Table 2

Comparison of the salivary LDH level between cases and controls.

Variables	All patients (n = 60)	Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy		value
		Present (n = 30)	Absent (n = 30)
Salivary LDH level (IU/L)
Mean ± SD	1225.3 ± 765.2	1927 ± 390.3	523.6 ± 142.8	0.001^a
Median (range)	1120 (240–2950)	1840 (1390–2950)	515 (240–850)

^aMann–Whitney test, statistical significance at .