Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Table 4 Correlations between serum selenium levels and the studied parameters in patients group

From: Correlations between maternal and neonatal serum selenium levels in full term neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Item	Serum selenium level
	r	p
Neonatal age (days)	0.05	0.70
Gestational age (weeks)	0.18	0.1
Birth weight (kg)	0.01	0.90
Apgar score at 5 min	0.90	0.001^b
Hb (g/dl)	0.43	0.001^a
Platelets/mm3	0.76	0.01^a
WBCs/mm3	−0.11	0.402
pH	0.29	0.04^a
Base deficit (mmol/L)	−0.31	0.01^a
Urea(mg/dl)	−0.08	0.49
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.01	0.70
ALT(Unit/ L)	−0.30	0.01^a
AST(Unit/L)	−0.49	0.001^a
Na (mmol/L)	−0.01	0.92
K (mmol/L)	0.03	0.78
Ca (mmol/L)	0.38	0.002^a

^asignificant, ^bhighly significant
Hb hemoglobin, WBCs white blood cells, ALT alanine transferase enzyme, AST aspartate transferase enzyme, Na sodium, K potassium, Ca calcium

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