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. 2018 Dec 28;36(2):30. doi: 10.1007/s11095-018-2551-x

Table IV.

Ontogeny and Impact of Pregnancy on AAG Protein Levels in Plasma or Serum

Species/Strain AAG mean or range (mg/ml) ± Standard deviation / Age or pregnancy status Reference
Fetus/Age Newborn/Age Adult/Age or pregnancy status
Minipig/Gottingen 0.34 (0.25–0.53)/6 weeks 0.29 (0.23–0.41)/40–48 weeks (19)
0.41 (0.34–0.47)/16 weeks
0.33 (0.26–0.38)/24 weeks
Minipig/Gottingen 0.3/14–16 months (14)
Minipig/Ossabaw 0.5/41–47 months
Pig/Conventional crossbred (Landrace Yorkshire) 0.6/8–9 months (14)
Pig/Conventional crossbred (Duroc Yorkshire Landrace) 6.6/2–5 days 1.1/26–31 days
Pig/Conventional crossbred (Landrace White) 14.3 ± 2.4/1 days 0.34 ± 0.08/5–10 months (15)
6.1 ± 1.6/4 days
1.3 ± 0.5/2 weeks
12.7 0.24 (16)
Dog/Beagle <0.04/cord 0.32 (0.04–0.96)/male (25)
0.32(0.05–0.83)/female
0.63 (0.25–1.0)/pregnant female
Monkey/Rhesus 0.43–0.52/pregnancy 13–18 weeks (59)
0.70/pregnancy 19 weeks
0.90/pregnancy 21 weeks
1.35/pregnancy 22 weeks
1.90/pregnancy 24 weeks
1.55–1.70/postpartem 1–3 days
Human 0.14 ± 0.20/cord neonate 0.65 ± 0.13/pregnancy trimester 1 (53)
0.51 ± 0.24/pregnancy trimester 2
0.44 ± 0.12/pregnancy trimester 3
0.89 ± 0.20/postpartum mother
0.64 ± 0.10/non-pregnant female
BLQ–0.15/12–23 weeks 0.50–1.05/pregnant female 12–23 weeks (56)
0.06–0.33/27–34 weeks
0.08–0.41/35–41 weeks 0.38–0.99/pregnant female 27–34 weeks
0.29–0.88/pregnant female 35–41 weeks
0.05 (0.02–0.2)/19–34 weeks 0.7 (0.45–0.9)/non-pregnant female (57)
0.55 (0.35–0.8)/pregnant female
0.08 (0.01–0.1)/amniotic fluid
0.24/cord neonate 0.60 (47)
0.1–0.3/neonate 0.7–2.5/postpartum mother (54)
0.34 ± 0.15/30–36 weeks (58)
0.46 ± 0.19/1–12 months
0.66 ± 0.28/1–5 years
0.63 ± 0.16/12–18 years
0.13–0.20/birth 0.94 ± 0.22/2 years (34)
0.52 ± 0.24/1–2 months 0.84 ± 0.18/3–4 years
0.58 ± 0.25/2–3 months 0.88 ± 0.21/5–9 years
0.82 ± 0.20/10 months
0.42 ± 0.17/7 weeks male (50)
0.33 ± 0.14/10 weeks female
0.25 0.7 (33)
0.15 ± 0.05/cord 0.50 ± 0.07/pregnant female (51)
0.50 ± 0.07/non-pregnant female
0.39 ± 0.08/male
0.28a (0.13–0.56)b/birth 0.83a (0.52–1.26)b (55)
0.48a (0.31–0.93)b/1 month
0.67a (0.41–0.97)b/3 months
0.70a (0.43–1.49)b/6 months

BQL, below limit of quantitation

a50th percentile values

b5th, 95th percentile values