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Table 1 Purine, blood pH, plasma lactate, and β-hydroxybutyrate concentrations in maternal plasma and umbilical arterial plasma in a group of patients supplemented orally with carbohydrates and fasting patients undergoing spinal anesthesia before planned Cesarean delivery

From: Maternal and umbilical cord plasma purine concentrations after oral carbohydrate loading prior to elective Cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial

Parameters

n

Group I - CHO

n

Group II - SF

p*

Median

(IQR)

Median

(IQR)

Mother

UA [µmol/l]

75

447

(394–525)

73

484

(426–539)

0.13

HYP [µmol/l]

75

3.87

(3.13–5.18)

73

4.85

(3.88–6.53)

0.00050

XA [µmol/l]

75

0.79

(0.68–0.95)

73

1.00

(0.88–1.22)

< 0.00001

blood pH

74

7.45

(7.43–7.46)

73

7.43

(7.41–7.44)

0.0013

LAC [mmol/l]

74

1.50

(1.30–1.90)

73

1.10

(0.90–1.30)

< 0.00001

β-HB [mmol/l]

75

1.71

(1.58–1.87)

73

1.69

(1.51–1.78)

0.14

Umbilical cord

UA [µmol/l]

75

452

(396–537)

71

478

(425–527)

0.22

HYP [µmol/l]

75

10.6

(8.00-16.5)

71

13.9

(8.53–24.8)

0.035

XA [µmol/l]

75

1.05

(0.82–1.58)

71

1.45

(0.94–3.17)

0.0035

blood pH

71

7.33

(7.30–7.36)

70

7.34

(7.31–7.36)

0.93

LAC [mmol/l]

70

1.55

(1.20–2.10)

70

1.50

(1.30–1.90)

0.82

  1. CHO group – preoperative oral carbohydrate supplementation; SF group – fasted for 6 h for solids and 2 h for clear liquids; *U Mann-Whitney test; IQR – Interquartile Range; UA – uric acid; HYP – hypoxanthine; XA – xanthine; LA – lactate; β-HB - β-hydroxybutyrate