Maternal and neonatal plasma vitamin E levels
| Non-smoking group | Smoking group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery | Day 4 | MD (95% CI) | p Value | Delivery | Day 4 | MD (95% CI) | p Value | |
| Plasma levels in μmol/l. Mean (SEM) values, mean difference (MD) with 95% confidence intervals, and p values are shown. | ||||||||
| *p = 0.041, between infants of smoking and non-smoking groups at birth. | ||||||||
| Mother | 34.47 (2.54) | 39.76 (2.83) | −5.29 (−12.17 to 3.79) | 0.17 | 30.2 (1.57) | 38 (1.72) | −7.8 (−14.52 to −1.6) | 0.018 |
| Infant | 6.52 (0.66) | 20.88 (3.63) | −14.36 (−22.16 to −6.42) | <0.001 | 4.7 (0.73)* | 21.1 (3.8) | −16.4 (−25.5 to −7.1) | 0.002 |
| MD | 27.95 | 18.88 | 25.5 | 16.9 | ||||
| 95% CI | 23.64 to 33.69 | 9.75 to 28.01 | 22.2 to 29.48 | 8 to 25.65 | ||||
| p Value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.001 | ||||