Cesarean-born children showed a borderline significant decrease in the pDC/mDC ratio, suggesting an immunological imbalance in cord blood.
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Response of cord blood cells to environmental, hereditary and perinatal factors: A prospective birth cohort study.
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The pDC/mDC ratio was decreased in neonates delivered via C-section with a borderline significance level (β = -21.9; 95% CI:-39.3,04), due to a more pronounced reduction in pDC than in mDC counts (β = -33.8; 95% CI:-50.5,-11.4 and β = -15.1; 95% CI:-37.0,14.4, respectively) ( Table 4 and Fig 1a ).