Impact of placental malaria on maternal, placental and fetal cord responses and its role in pregnancy outcomes in women from Blue Nile State, Sudan

Table 5 Correlations between umbilical cord plasma levels of cytokines, maternal hemoglobin and birth weight

Variables	Hemoglobin	Birth weight	IL4	IL 6	IL10	IL17A	IFN-γ
	r	r	r	r	r	r	r
	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Hemoglobin	1.000	0.749	− 0.512	0.334	− 0.030	0.460	− 0.073
Hemoglobin	1.000	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.322
Birth weight	0.749	1.000	− 0.493	0.370	− 0.329	0.500	− 0.069
Birth weight	< 0.001	1.000	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.035
IL4	− 0.512	− 0.493	1.000	− 0.316	0.294	− 0.304	0.140
IL4	< 0.001	< 0.001	1.000	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.058
IL 6	0.334	0.370	− 0.316	1.000	− 0.248	0.333	− 0.024
IL 6	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	1.000	0.001	< 0.001	0.741
IL10	− 0.300	− 0.329	0.294	− 0.248	1.000	− 0.324	0.215
IL10	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.001	1.000	< 0.001	0.003
IL17A	0.460	0.500	− 0.304	0.333	− 0.324	1.000	− 0.136
IL17A	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	1.000	0.065
IFN-γ	− 0.073	− 0.069	0.140	− 0.024	0.215	− 0.136	1.000
IFN-γ	0.322	0.035	0.058	0.741	0.003	0.065	1.000

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