Consistent with this, levels of TNF-α, IL-10 and IL-6 in placental blood (but not peripheral blood) were inversely correlated with peripheral Apo-AI levels in malaria-infected primigravidae (r = −0.385, p = 0.0017, n = 67; r = −0.484, p = 0.0002, n = 62; r = −0.353, p = 0.025, n = 50 respectively). The gene discussed is TNF; the disease is malaria.