Table 2.

Oxidative stress parameters, cytokines, and acute-phase proteins in maternal and cord blood, in normal and PE cases.

	Maternal			UCB
	Normal (n = 42)	PE (n = 46)	P Value	Normal (n = 40)	PE (n = 42)	P Value
Uric acid (mg/dL)	4.2 ± 1.3	5.5 ± 1.6	<0.001	4.5 ± 1.1 (n = 39)	5.7 ± 1.6 (n = 40)	<0.001
TAS (mmol/L)	1.10 ± 0.22	1.07 ± 0.3	0.55	1.23 ± 0.27 (n = 39)	1.17 ± 0.26 (n = 41)	0.143
TBARS (μmol/L)	1.50 (1.29; 1.81) (n = 40)	1.87 (1.49; 2.38) (n = 43)	0.013	1.08 (0.95; 1.26) (n = 35)	1.10 (0.85; 1.36) (n = 35)	0.99
TBARS/TAS	1.48 (1.19; 1.66) (n = 40)	1.76 (1.46; 2.13) (n = 43)	0.003	0.93 (0.76; 1.31) (n = 35)	0.93 (0.71; 1.25) (n = 35)	0.84
IL-6 (pg/mL)	1.9 (1.2; 6.4)	4.0 (2.3; 10.1) (n = 42)	0.013	1.8 (1.2; 2.8)	2.2 (1.5; 5.6)	0.066
TNF-α (pg/mL)	1.2 (1.0; 1.6)	1.9 (1.3; 2.4) (n = 43)	0.001	1.9 (1.4; 2.4)	1.8 (1.5; 2.1)	0.34
α1-Antitrypsin (mg/dL)	191.6 ± 57.0	250.5 ± 74.9	<0.001	120.2 ± 30.1 (n = 39)	134.1 ± 23.5 (n = 40)	0.025
CRP (mg/L)	3.1 (1.4; 5.8)	4.1 (2.5; 7.9)	0.033	0.03 (0.02; 0.04) (n = 39)	0.04 (0.02; 0.08)	0.011

n, number of cases; PE, Preeclampsia; UCB, umbilical cord blood.