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Table 5 Ratio of expression and proportion of apoptotic cells in placental tissue in infected and uninfected placentas

From: Submicroscopic infection of placenta by Plasmodium produces Th1/Th2 cytokine imbalance, inflammation and hypoxia in women from north-west Colombia

Marker

Infected (n = 25)

Uninfected (n = 25)

P (U Mann–Whitney)

Apoptosis

   

Apoptotic cells

62.37% ± 10.02%

44.88% ± 2.15

0.0001

Fas

6.53 ± 2.49

3.42 ± 0.84

0.0001

FasL

5.60 ± 2.13

6.95 ± 1,16

0.003

Hypoxia

   

HIF

0.96 ± 1.15

0.21 ± 0.22

0.0001

VEGF

0,14 ± 0.14

0.12 ± 0.15

>0.05

Inflammation

   

COX-1

6.95 ± 3.14

0.73 ± 0.41

0.0001

COX-2

2.86 ± 0.99

0.42 ± 0.29

0.0001