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Table 3 Trace element level of mother blood, placenta and umbilical cord blood

From: Role of placental barrier on trace element transfer in maternal fetal system and hypertensive disorders complicating pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus

Element

Sample

Normal group

HDCP group

Normal & HDCP

P - Value

GDM group

Normal & GDM P- Value

Mean ± SD

Min - Max

Mean ± SD

Min - Max

Mean ± SD

Min - Max

Zn

Mother blood

(µg/L)

180.35 ± 61.67

46.11-333.48

212.35 ± 156.27

60.70-1006.21

0.224

191.31 ± 77.56

33.33-444.28

0.435

Cu

41.73 ± 11.59

14.69–72.87

38.27 ± 14.71

21.24–97.37

0.193

39.66 ± 12.46

11.24–66.34

0.398

Fe

6834.92 ± 2298.02

1557.99-12248.97

9095.75 ± 3510.55

3487.98-18590.35

< 0.001

7587.09 ± 3064.02

2776.12-17040.96

0.164

Mn

4.29 ± 3.89

1.12–19.06

3.82 ± 3.89

0.83–24.57

0.553

4.72 ± 3.73

1.55–17.91

0.582

Ni

3.22 ± 4.92

0.50-36.48

4.69 ± 2.88

0.54–15.30

0.093

4.48 ± 5.35

0.55–31.04

0.231

Cr

175.59 ± 102.30

44.55-330.32

214.25 ± 91.79

47.25-457.87

0.051

171.20 ± 103.22

39.35-308.97

0.834

Zn

Placenta

(µg/L)

471.01 ± 125.13

65.70-908.79

449.37 ± 246.51

164.75-1373.54

0.610

495.97 ± 179.88

301.76-1440.29

0.415

Cu

89.38 ± 40.61

8.82-270.21

82.44 ± 57.29

36.37-367.86

0.480

85.87 ± 35.74

39.99-200.38

0.658

Fe

3252.93 ± 1073.52

320.24-6026.68

3829.27 ± 1495.36

1265.59-8080.42

0.027

3231.34 ± 1089.47

1094.12-6558.58

0.922

Mn

8.71 ± 4.77

1.83–28.92

15.05 ± 23.43

5.10-114.64

0.099

9.46 ± 4.82

5.10-24.79

0.442

Ni

15.57 ± 12.48

1.61–70.84

32.68 ± 64.13

3.43-299.15

0.103

16.77 ± 13.34

3.41–68.44

0.647

Cr

295.93 ± 165.75

53.63-515.06

414.66 ± 268.01

83.75-1404.87

0.007

277.71 ± 169.43

77.89–703.60

0.595

Zn

Umbilical cord blood

(µg/L)

64.77 ± 43.21

11.07-308.85

78.21 ± 87.24

22.83-471.54

0.371

92.30 ± 139.20

26.72-873.66

0.232

Cu

22.41 ± 4.47

4.28–32.01

21.89 ± 6.58

11.66–43.22

0.663

23.96 ± 7.87

16.71–57.84

0.211

Fe

7758.87 ± 2508.22

1425.04-13555.11

10071.61 ± 3509.84

2165.79-20408.09

< 0.001

7562.75 ± 2731.44

4068.62-16111.09

0.712

Mn

4.15 ± 1.93

2.34–12.22

4.72 ± 3.84

1.33–24.78

0.331

7.36 ± 13.53

2.07–25.62

0.144

Ni

2.71 ± 2.27

0.34–11.24

4.43 ± 2.31

0.64–9.30

< 0.001

4.52 ± 5.53

0.55–34.05

0.025

Cr

168.60 ± 103.99

35.35-331.21

210.65 ± 88.81

46.71-394.55

0.033

170.47 ± 101.30

40.57-357.44

0.929

  1. The values reported in the table are mean ± standard error. P < 0.001 and P < 0.05 indicated a significant difference, while P > 0.05 indicated no significant difference
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