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Table 4 Correlation between Maternal Stool Bacteria and Cord Blood Cytokine Secretion by Mode of Delivery

From: Mode of delivery and cord blood cytokines: a birth cohort study

  

Vaginal Delivery (n = 22)

Cesarean Delivery (n = 15)

Maternal Stool Bacteria

Stimulant

Cytokines

  

IL-13

Gram-negative aerobes (Enterobacteriae)

     
  

r s *

p-value

r s *

p-value

 

Media

-0.38

0.08

0.52

0.06

 

Fel d 1

-0.25

0.27

0.39

0.17

 

Der f 1

-0.46

0.03

0.25

0.38

 

PHA

-0.28

0.21

-0.30

0.30

 

LPS

-0.35

0.11

0.14

0.62

Gram-negative anaerobes (Bacteroides/Prevotella)

     
  

r s *

p-value

r s *

p-value

 

Media

-0.27

0.22

0.59

0.03

 

Fel d 1

-0.22

0.34

0.70

0.006

 

Der f 1

-0.40

0.07

0.49

0.07

 

PHA

-0.29

0.18

-0.36

0.21

 

LPS

-0.07

0.77

0.57

0.03

  

IFN-γ

Gram-negative aerobes (Enterobacteriae)

     
  

r s *

p-value

r s *

p-value

 

Media

-0.52

0.01

-0.10

0.73

 

Fel d 1

-0.53

0.01

0.04

0.90

 

Der f 1

-0.47

0.03

0.04

0.90

 

PHA

-0.35

0.11

0.14

0.64

 

LPS

-0.50

0.02

0.22

0.44

Gram-negative anaerobes (Bacteroides/Prevotella)

     
  

r s *

p-value

r s *

p-value

 

Media

-0.34

0.13

0.24

0.40

 

Fel d 1

-0.30

0.17

0.36

0.21

 

Der f 1

-0.41

0.06

0.45

0.11

 

PHA

-0.19

0.40

0.49

0.07

 

LPS

-0.15

0.50

0.58

0.03

  

IL-10

Gram-positive anaerobes (lactobacilli/bifidobacteria)

     
  

r s *

p-value

r s *

p-value

 

Media

0.35

0.11

±

---

 

Fel d 1

0.43

0.04

0.15

0.62

 

Der f 1

0.45

0.03

0.30

0.30

 

PHA

-0.02

0.94

0.23

0.44

 

LPS

-0.03

0.89

0.23

0.42

Total Anaerobes

     
  

r s *

p-value

r s *

p-value

 

Media

0.26

0.25

±

----

 

Fel d 1

0.48

0.03

0.12

0.69

 

Der f 1

0.42

0.05

0.08

0.78

 

PHA

0.25

0.26

-0.22

0.44

 

LPS

0.26

0.25

-0.22

0.45

  1. *Spearman's correlations.
  2. ± Correlation coefficients were not statistically obtainable due to undectectable IL-10 levels in the media samples (unstimulated CBMCs) among subjects in the cesarean section group.