Maternal malaria status and metabolic profiles in pregnancy and in cord blood: relationships with birth size in Nigerian infants

Table 4 Effect of maternal malaria on cord blood biochemical markers

N = 187	Malaria Absent n = 90		Malaria Present n = 97		P value
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.65	0.82, 5.53	1.66	0.71, 6.78	0.136
HDL-C (mmol/L)	0.66	0.32, 2.16	0.63	0.25, 1.91	0.10
LDL-C (mmol/L)	0.70	0.03, 3.19	0.68	0.01, 3.64	0.246
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	0.79	0.20, 2.77	0.62	0.26, 3.52	0.30
Insulin (mU/L)	2.82	0.1, 59.21	2.61	0.26, 50.95	0.677
TNF (ng/L)	2.96	0.01, 97.01	2.23	0.03, 61.58	0.769
IGF-I (μg/l)	74.2	24.0, 150.0	61.3	24.0, 145.0	0.031
TNF (ng/L)	2.96	0.01, 97.01	2.23	0.03, 61.58	0.769
IGF-I (μg/l)	74.2	24.0, 150.0	61.3	24.0, 145.0	0.031

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