Table 2. Differentially expressed proteins identified in plasma samples.

Spot no.	p-Value	Fold change	Protein name	Accession No	Protein score	Peptide count	Protein function	Classification
598	0.023	1.88	Immunoglobulin M chain C region	gi:4467842	187	15	Antigen binding	Immune response
625	0.049	2.33		gi:7439150	545	19
627	0.039	1.88		gi:41388180	553	19
633	0.027	2.09		gi:41388180	560	19
634	0.050	1.84		gi:7439150	460	17
641	0.041	1.80		gi:7439150	538	18
642	0.031	1.81		gi:7439150	582	19
987	0.044	1.67	Carboxypeptidase-N	gi:146386938	155	9	Protease	Defence response
1081	0.040	1.78	Serum paraoxonase/ arylesterase 1	gi:190194	238	9	Hydrolase
495	0.020	1.86	Fibrinogen-alpha	gi:237823914	385	23	Haemostasis, platelet activation, extracellular matrix	Acute-Phase Response
899	0.049	1.43		gi:237823914	568	27
1091	0.041	1.47		gi:237823914	265	16
443	0.014	1.50	Ceruloplasmin	gi:1620909	494	23	Iron/copper homeostasis
451	0.037	1.51		gi:221042622	660	28
1186	0.050	1.98	Complement component 4a	gi:34782950	569	14	Complement component
1209	0.027	1.86		gi:34782950	375	12
762	0.038	2.02	Serum Albumin	gi:31615331	464	28	Protein carrier	Regulation of the colloidal osmotic pressure of blood
763	0.025	2.45		gi:168988718	205	13
765	0.037	2.05		gi:168988718	835	29

Statistical significance determined by t-test, where p ≤ 0.05.