Table 2 Association between Cytokine Secretion by CBMCs and Mode of Delivery
From: Mode of delivery and cord blood cytokines: a birth cohort study
Cytokine Levels (pg/ml) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vaginal Delivery (n = 22) | Cesarean Section (n = 15) | |||||||
median | ranges | % with Detectable Value ± | median | ranges | % with Detectable Value ± | wilcoxon p-value † | ||
IL-13 | ||||||||
Media | 0.01* | 0.01–47.58 | 40.9 | 3.77 | 0.01–32.96 | 57.1 | 0.25 | |
Fel d 1 | 0.01 | 0.01–66.27 | 33.3 | 10.40 | 0.01–126.38 | 71.4 | 0.04 | |
Der f 1 | 0.01 | 0.01–75.65 | 40.9 | 26.14 | 0.01–65.61 | 85.7 | 0.01 | |
PHA | 25.18 | 0.01–223.54 | 63.6 | 39.31 | 7.50–246.04 | 100.0 | 0.22 | |
LPS | 5.46 | 0.01–565.55 | 50.0 | 20.19 | 0.01–44.65 | 78.6 | 0.39 | |
IFN-γ | ||||||||
Media | 3.69 | 0.01–53.02 | 50.0 | 6.32 | 0.01–39.75 | 85.7 | 0.24 | |
Fel d 1 | 1.24 | 0.01–52.00 | 50.0 | 9.22 | 0.01–34.18 | 85.7 | 0.41 | |
Der f 1 | 8.10 | 0.01–58.93 | 59.1 | 16.52 | 0.01–54.95 | 85.7 | 0.43 | |
PHA | 11.10 | 0.01–173.58 | 63.6 | 23.23 | 0.01–866.65 | 85.7 | 0.38 | |
LPS | 20.03 | 0.01–218.70 | 68.2 | 15.21 | 0.01–85.27 | 85.7 | 0.97 | |
IL-10 | ||||||||
Media | 0.01 | 0.01–49.96 | 18.2 | 0.01 | 0.01–0.01 | 0 | 0.10 | |
Fel d 1 | 0.01 | 0.01–355.80 | 27.3 | 0.01 | 0.01–78.57 | 14.3 | 0.37 | |
Der f 1 | 0.01 | 0.01–399.46 | 36.4 | 0.01 | 0.01–175.30 | 28.6 | 0.44 | |
PHA | 21.50 | 0.01–759.45 | 59.1 | 0.01 | 0.01–367.98 | 42.9 | 0.23 | |
LPS | 181.91 | 0.01–787.56 | 95.5 | 259.11 | 0.01–863.05 | 78.6 | 0.65 | |