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Table 2 Correlations between purines, blood pH, lactate, and β-hydroxybutyrate in maternal plasma and umbilical arterial plasma in a group of patients supplemented orally with carbohydrates (Group I – CHO) undergoing spinal anesthesia before elective 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

Mother

Umbilical cord

UA

HYP

XA

blood pH

LA

β-HB

UA

HYP

XA

blood pH

LA

Rs

Rs

Mother

UA

 

-0.04

0.32

0.02

-0.03

0.24

0.94

-0.06

-0.12

0.03

-0.16

HYP

  

0.39

-0.09

0.22

0.21

-0.01

0.24

0.17

-0.04

-0.03

XA

   

-0.34

0.30

0.24

0.35

-0.16

-0.10

-0.04

0.04

blood pH

    

-0.24

0.08

0.01

0.19

0.09

0.11

0.10

LA

     

0.22

-0.08

0.06

0.07

0.07

0.13

β-HB

      

0.19

0.05

0.10

0.22

-0.16

Umbilical cord

UA

       

-0.13

-0.21

0.06

-0.18

HYP

        

0.83

-0.06

0.12

XA

         

-0.23

0.29

blood pH

          

-0.45

LA

           
  1. bolded values - statistically significant; CHO group – preoperative oral carbohydrate supplementation group; SF group – fasted for 6 h for solids and 2 h for clear liquids; Rs – Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient; UA – uric acid; HYP – hypoxanthine; XA – xanthine; LA – lactate; β-HB - β-hydroxybutyrate