Table 1.

Difference in production of cleaved ACE-2 ~ 37 kDa by individual baby’s meconium (by densitometry), p value < 0.05; paired t test

Baby	Cleaved ACE-2/β-actin 37 kDa Mean ± SEM		p Value
	Control	Meconium
1	0.43 ± 0.03	0.96 ± 0.04
2	0.53 ± 0.03	0.84 ± 0.09
3	0.45 ± 0.14	1.31 ± 0.23
4	0.46 ± 0.11	1.26 ± 0.15
Mean	0.47 ± 0.05	1.12 ± 0.10	0.0005