Table 2. Spearman's rank-order correlation coefficients between the biochemical markers and parameters of asphyxia.

Parameter	sICAM, ng/mg protein	NSE, ng/mg protein	NR2-specific antibodies, ng/mg protein
Apgar score	−0.52*	−0.58*	0.09
Capillary or arterial cord blood pH	−0.89*	−0.32	0.33
Capillary or arterial cord blood lactate, mmol/L	0.81*	0.36	0.24

*p < 0.05 significance for Spearman's rank-order correlation coefficient.