Pre term

Full term

Test value

P-value

Sig.

No. = 35

No. = 10

ADMA ng/ml

Mean ± SD

707.68 ± 199.47

564 ± 178.93

152.658

0.002

S

Arginine level

Mean ± SD

9.20 ± 3.83

10.10 ± 4.40

−0.483

0.632

NS

Arginine to ADMA ratio

Mean ± SD

0.02 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.01

2.966

0.005

HS