Results of cord blood analytes measured in the 1st-level validation (n = 174).

†Data presented as median [interquartile range] and analyzed by Mann Whitney tests.*Postnatal variables remaining significant for EONS after correction for GA at birth in multivariate analysis.Abbreviations: EONS, early-onset neonatal sepsis; Hp&HpRP, combined haptoglobin and haptoglobin-related protein immunoreactivity; AFP, α-fetoprotein; VDBP, vitamin-D binding-protein; APOA4, apolipoprotein-A4; APOE, apolipoprotein-E; APOH, apolipoprotein-H; IL-6, interleukin-6.