Table 2.
Time-serial measurements of lipids and lipoproteins (mg/dL), monocyte numbers (106/mL) and M/H ratios from newborns with sepsis at D0, D3, D7 and D10 post-diagnosis and from the control group.
| Sepsis (n = 49) |
Controls (n = 17) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0 (n = 49) | D3 (n = 48) | D7 (n = 46) | D10 (n = 16) | ||
| Total cholesterol | 114.8 ± 31.7 | 123.4 ± 44 | 153 ± 96.3a | 162 ± 59.1a | 115.9 ± 36.9 |
| Triglyceride | 134.2 ± 63.9 | 155.3 ± 68.3 | 142.5 ± 82 | 174.4 ± 68.7a | 124.6 ± 52.9 |
| VLDLc | 27.8 ± 14.9 | 28.1 ± 13.1 | 29.8 ± 24.5 | 36.2 ± 16.1a | 22.4 ± 13.5 |
| LDLc | 53.9 ± 19 | 58.4 ± 21.5 | 80.7 ± 59.3 | 74.9 ± 30.4 | 57.9 ± 28.1 |
| HDLc | 29.1 ± 14.4b | 35.7 ± 17.2 | 41.5 ± 23.4 | 46.7 ± 23.9 | 38.3 ± 17.6 |
| Non-HDL cholesterol | 81.7 ± 23.8 | 86.5 ± 31.3 | 109.8 ± 78.6 | 111.1 ± 44.2a | 80.3 ± 33.6 |
| Monocyte number | 0.6 (0.3‒1.0) | 0.5 (0.3‒0.8) | 0.7 (0.6‒1.1) | 0.7 (0.4‒1.4) | 0.6 (0.3‒1.0) |
| Monocyte-to-HDL ratio | 0.02 (0.01‒0.05) | 0.02 (0.01‒0.03) | 0.03 (0.01‒0.04) | 0.02 (0.01‒0.06) | 0.02 (0.01‒0.06) |
Values are presented as mean and standard deviation (± SD) or median and interquartile range (Q1‒Q3). D, day; n, number. Data compared with control group by Student t-test.
a
p < 0.05 vs. control group
b
p = 0.07 vs. control group.