S100 protein   R* P-value IL1 0.0018 0.03 IL6 0.0019 0.005 TNF-α 0.0014 0.01 *Correlation coefficients express change in levels of PH and S100 protein per unit increase in cytokine adjusted with time.

Table 5: Correlation coefficient of neonatal cytokine levels with serum levels of S100 protein.