Table 1.
Concentration of acute-phase proteins and cytokines in maternal serum upon admission for delivery, at the moment of delivery, and after delivery (24 and 60 hours) in vaginal delivery (VD), where n = 12 and Cesarean section (CD), where n = 12. Values are mean and standard deviation. nd denotes nondetectable. ∗ denotes that P < .01 compared to admission and moment of delivery and † denotes that P = .01: CD differed from VD (variance analysis).
| Acute-phase proteins and cytokines | Delivery type | Admission | Delivery | 24 h | 60 h |
| SAA (μg/mL) | VD | 7.1 ± 4.4 | 12 ± 11 | 230 ± 32∗ | 224 ± 43∗ |
| CD | 39 ± 108 | 12 ± 12 | 288 ± 106∗ | 325 ± 110∗ | |
| CRP (mg/dL) | VD | 0.6 ± 0.4 | 0.9 ± 0.7 | 5.8 ± 3.6∗ | 2.8 ± 1.5∗ |
| CD | 1.8 ± 2.4 | 1.2 ± 0.9 | 11 ± 5.3∗,† | 9.4 ± 4.8∗,† | |
| TNF-α (pg/mL) | VD | 3.9 ± 3.4 | 4.9 ± 3.3 | 6.0 ± 3.7 | 4.4 ± 3.0 |
| CD | 3.5 ± 1.6 | 3.8 ± 1.8 | 3.8 ± 1.8 | 3.1 ± 1.7 | |
| IL-1β (pg/mL) | VD | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| CD | nd | nd | nd | nd | |
| IL-8 (pg/mL) | VD | 8.0 ± 15 | 11 ± 15 | 32 ± 31 | 24 ± 59 |
| CD | 5.2 ± 3.4 | 6.8 ± 6.2 | 6.1 ± 3.7 | 6.6 ± 5.2 | |