Relationships between the umbilical cord blood hepcidin levels and EONS,
IL-6 levels, and funisitis, and between maternal blood hepcidin and EONS.
(A) Hepcidin levels in cord blood of newborns with (Yes EONS)
and without (No EONS) a clinical diagnosis of EONS. (B) Hepcidin
levels in corresponding maternal blood samples. (C) Distribution of
cord blood hepcidin levels (Y axis) in relation to IL-6 levels (X axis).
(D) Cord blood hepcidin levels by severity of funisitis (Gr.
0–2, absent or mild vs. Gr. 3–4, severe). Data presented as mean
and standard error of the mean (SEM) and compared using Mann-Whitney Rank sum
tests after logarithmic transformation.