Table 3.
Mean Z-score of analyte expression by mode of delivery
| Z score by delivery mode |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Analyte | Vaginal | Cesarean section |
P-Value* |
| Pro-inflammatory | IL-1β | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.902 |
| IL-6 | 0.13 | 0.33 | 0.679 | |
| TNF-α | 0.11 | −0.01 | 0.793 | |
| IL-18 | 0.52 | −0.15 | 0.134 | |
| IL-8 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.877 | |
| Anti-inflammatory | IL-1 RA | 0.38 | 0.58 | 0.580 |
| Vascular Endothelial | E-selectin | 0.27 | 0.37 | 0.843 |
| P-selectin | −0.22 | 0.16 | 0.323 | |
| VCAM-1 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.841 | |
| ICAM-1 | 0.36 | −0.01 | 0.438 | |
| ICAM-3 | −0.08 | 0.25 | 0.495 | |
| VEGF | −0.45 | −0.60 | 0.633 | |
| Vascular Angiogenic | IL-10 | 0.29 | −0.31 | 0.195 |
| Immunomodulatory | TGF-β | −0.49 | 0.11 | 0.209 |
| Thrombomodulin | 0.43 | 0.51 | 0.839 | |
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*
T-test; the adjusted P value by Bonferroni multiple comparison test was p =1 for all markers.