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Table 4 MCAD and LCHAD gene expression relative to placenta

From: Tissue specific expression of human fatty acid oxidation enzyme genes in late pregnancy

  

Median

95% CI

p = 1

MCAD

Fetal blood

0.22

0.13–0.27

0.003

 

Maternal blood

0.05

0.04–0.09

0.008

 

Maternal subcutaneous fat

1.71

0.41–2.18

0.11

 

Maternal striated muscle

1.39

0.35–10.67

0.15

LCHAD

Fetal blood

0.03

0.02–0.08

0.002

 

Maternal blood

0.04

0.01–0.10

0.002

 

Maternal subcutaneous fat

0.54

0.25–0.88

0.003

 

Maternal striated muscle

0.52

0.28–1.07

0.22

  1. 1Based on Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, differences in gene expression between the placenta and the rest of the studied tissues
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