Table 3:
Comparison of all infant markers according to age
| Marker | Birth | Six Months of Age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | p- value* | Mean (SD) | p- value* | |||
| HEU | HU | HEU | HU | |||
| sTNF--RI (pg/mL) | 3.32 (0.16) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 2.96 (0.13) | <0.0001 |
| IL-6 (pg/mL) | 0.78 (0.44) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.13 (0.51) | <0.0001 |
| D Dimer (ng/mL) | 3.17 (0.47) | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.0003 | 2.95 (0.27) | 0.0003 |
| IP10 (pg/mL) | 2.06 (0.45) | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 2.21 (0.36) | 0.001 |
| Ox LDL (mU/L) | 4.40 (0.28) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.003 | 4.57 (0.18) | 0.003 |
| sTNF-RII (pg/mL) | 3.64 (0.17) | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 3.62 (0.18) | 0.02 |
| VCAM (ng/mL) | 3.22 (0.11) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 3.23 (0.16) | <0.0001 |
| hsCRP (ng/mL) | 3.27 (0.49) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.16 | 2.93 (0.57) | 0.16 |
| sCD14 (pg/mL) | 3.04 (0.14) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.03 | 3.26 (0.12) | 0.03 |
| sCD163 (ng/mL) | 2.72 (0.23) | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.86 | 2.90 (0.21) | 0.86 |
SD = Standard deviation; CI = Confidence interval
P-values obtained from T-test for comparisons between group means.