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Table 2 Distribution of placental inflammatory cytokine mRNA expression and cord serum inflammatory cytokine concentrations (n = 1241)

From: Placental and cord serum inflammatory cytokines and children’s domain-specific neurodevelopment at 18 months: effect modification by maternal vitamin D status

Inflammatory cytokines

Percentile

10th

25th

50th

75th

90th

Placenta (ΔCt)

 TNF-α

0.64

1.86

6.09

14.90

30.53

 IFN-γ

0.33

1.00

3.44

11.08

28.62

 IL-1β

0.44

1.01

2.77

6.74

15.90

 IL-6

0.56

1.12

2.90

7.27

16.25

 IL-8

0.41

0.86

2.05

5.58

11.96

 IL-10

0.50

1.12

2.79

8.48

23.02

Cord serum (pg/mL)

 TNF-α

5.05

8.63

12.81

17.64

22.70

 IFN-γ

0.63

0.95

1.40

2.13

2.66

 IL-1β

0.17

0.31

0.46

0.63

0.90

 IL-6

0.62

1.08

1.82

2.86

5.792

 IL-8

2.90

4.58

6.91

10.20

15.00

 IL-10

3.37

5.44

7.25

9.30

14.55

  1. CT Cycle threshold