Table 1 Mann–Whitney U-test, P-values of the difference in levels of acute phase proteins among neonates to exposed and unexposed mothers (median, 25th–75th percentile), controls and cases separately

From: Influence of maternal infections on neonatal acute phase proteins and their interaction in the development of non-affective psychosis

APP

T. gondii

 

Controls

Neonates who will develop non-affective psychosis, ICD-10 F20–29

Neonates who will develop schizophrenia, ICD-10 F20

 

Unexposed (n=403)

Exposed (n=122)

P

Unexposed (n=153)

Exposed (n=46)

P

Unexposed (n=30)

Exposed (n=16)

P

a-2-Macroglobulin (ng ml−1)

357 (137–615)

594 (352–895)

***

340 (158–589)

420 (129–824)

NS

282 (101–508)

368 (128–606)

NS

Haptoglobulin (ng ml−1)

6.0 (2.6–21.1)

11.2 (3.3–36.4)

***

6.3 (2.5–15.7)

6.4 (2.3–22.4)

NS

6.2 (2.1–42.1)

6.6 (1.6–23.9)

NS

C-reactive protein (ng ml−1)

0.6 (0.2–1.8)

1.1 (0.5–2.4)

**

0.6 (0.2–1.3)

0.8 (0.2–2.2)

NS

0.5 (0.1–1.3)

0.3 (0.1–1.2)

NS

Serum amyloid P (ng ml−1)

10.3 (5.1–16.1)

13.8 (7.8–20.5)

***

8.8 (4.7–15.2)

11.0 (6.1–16.0)

NS

8.6 (4.2–13.3)

10.0 (5.1–12.5)

NS

Procalcitonin (pg ml−1)

2.1 (0.8–3.3)

3.3 (1.4–5.2)

***

1.9 (0.8–3.2)

2.6 (0.8–4.4)

NS

2.0 (0.3–2.6)

2.2 (0.2–4.4)

NS

Ferritin (pg ml−1)

1130 (301–2500)

2350 (665–4760)

***

1430 (331–2830)

1800 (260–4290)

NS

1080 (220–2580)

1250 (150–3920)

NS

tPA (pg ml−1)

3.6 (1.3–6.0)

4.8 (2.2–6.9)

*

3.1 (1.0–5.3)

2.2 (0.0–5.6)

NS

2.9 (0.8–4.9)

2.3 (0.0–4.4)

NS

Fibrinogen (ng ml−1)

6.8 (2.2–17.9)

14.9 (2.7–46.2)

**

7.6 (2.6–24.9)

3.6 (1.2–20.9)

NS

3.7 (2.7–26.5)

2.6 (0.4–13.0)

NS

Serum amyloid A (ng ml−1)

1.6 (0.7–3.5)

2.2 (1.0–5.0)

**

1.5 (0.7–2.9)

1.2 (0.4–2.4)

NS

1.7 (0.7–2.1)

1.2 (0.0–2.3)

NS

APP score

0.1 (−0.7 to –0.6)

0.6 (−0.8 to –1.1)

***

0.2 (−0.6 to –0.5)

0.1 (−0.6 to –0.8)

NS

0.1 (−0.8 to –0.5)

−0.2 (−1.1 to –0.4)

NS

APP

CMV

 

Controls

Neonates who will develop non-affective psychosis, ICD-10 F20–29

Neonates who will develop schizophrenia, ICD-10 F20

 

Unexposed (n=135)

Exposed (n=390)

P

Unexposed (n=48)

Exposed (n=151)

P

Unexposed (n=8)

Exposed (n=38)

P

a-2-Macroglobulin (ng ml−1)

348 (83.2–588)

431 (187–698)

**

340 (100–565)

355 (159–678)

NS

343 (128–521)

336 (101–551)

NS

Haptoglobulin (ng ml−1)

5.1 (2.3–17.5)

7.2 (2.8–27.8)

*

5.7 (2.2–22.3)

6.5 (2.8–16.1)

NS

1.9 (1.6–37.5)

7.1 (2.4–37.0)

NS

C-reactive protein (ng ml−1)

0.7 (0.2–2.0)

0.8 (0.2–1.9)

NS

0.8 (0.2–1.7)

0.6 (0.2–1.4)

NS

0.8 (0.1–0.9)

0.4 (0.1–1.2)

NS

Serum amyloid P (ng ml−1)

9.4 (4.3–16.5)

11.5 (6.1–18.0)

*

8.9 (5.8–14.3)

8.9 (4.8–17.0)

NS

7.9 (6.0–10.8)

9.0 (4.2–13.3)

NS

Procalcitonin (pg ml−1)

1.9 (4.3–16.5)

2.3 (0.9–3.8)

*

1.8 (0.8–3.2)

2.0 (0.8–3.5)

NS

2.3 (0.4–3.5)

1.9 (0.3–3.5)

NS

Ferritin (pg ml−1)

965 (191–2410)

1590 (439–3180)

**

1230 (259–2720)

1730 (335–3130)

NS

960 (250–2080)

1180 (120–2660)

NS

tPA (pg ml−1)

3.0 (0.9–5.8)

4.1 (2.0–6.4)

*

2.8 (1.0–4.8)

3.1 (0.5–5.6)

NS

2.4 (0.6–5.3)

2.9 (0.2–4.6)

NS

Fibrinogen (ng ml−1)

5.2 (2.0–17.0)

8.2 (2.4–27.3)

*

5.3 (2.5–16.0)

7.4 (2.1–26.2)

NS

3.5 (3.0–20.0)

3.4 (1.4–26.1)

NS

Serum amyloid A (ng ml−1)

1.4 (0.6–3.0)

1.8 (0.9–4.1)

*

1.2 (0.5–3.0)

1.6 (0.6–2.8)

NS

0.9 (0.2–2.4)

1.5 (0.6–2.1)

NS

APP score

0.1 (−1.1 to –0.6)

0.3 (−0.5 to –0.8)

*

0.1 (−0.5 to –0.6)

0.1 (−0.6 to –0.6)

NS

−0.3 (−0.6 to –0.5)

0.1 (−1.0 to –0.4)

NS

  1. Abbreviations: APP, acute phase protein; ICD, International Classification of Disease; tPA, tissue-type plasminogen activator.
  2. *P0.05, **P0.01, ***P0.001. NS: no significant difference in levels of APP between unexposed and exposed neonates.