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Table 1 Maternal and infant characteristics

From: A clinical scoring system to predict the need for extensive resuscitation at birth in very low birth weight infants

Characteristics

No extensive resuscitation (n = 5038)

Extensive resuscitation (n = 260)

P value

Gestational age (weeks)

28.96 ± 2.97

26.53 ± 2.52

<.001

Birth weight (g)

1087 ± 281

865 ± 290

<.001

Birth weight < 10th percentilea

1097 (21.9)

45 (17.6)

0.111

Birth weight < 3rd percentilea

529 (10.5)

16 (6.3)

0.029

Male

2520 (50.0)

150 (57.7)

0.016

Maternal age

32.78 ± 4.18

32.93 ± 4.20

0.572

In vitro fertilization

1104 (21.9)

46 (17.7)

0.107

Multiple births

1776 (35.3)

80 (30.8)

0.140

Maternal diabetes

411 (8.2)

17 (6.5)

0.350

Maternal hypertension

1076 (21.4)

36 (13.8)

0.004

Amniotic fluid

  

<.001

 Normal

4255 (84.5)

189 (72.7)

 

 Oligohydramnios

702 (13.9)

55 (21.2)

 

 Polyhydramnios

81 (1.6)

16 (6.2)

 

Premature rupture of membrane

1775 (35.2)

100 (38.5)

0.288

Antenatal steroid

  

<.001

 None

1105 (21.9)

94 (36.2)

 

 Incomplete

1584 (31.4)

70 (26.9)

 

 Complete

2349 (46.6)

96 (36.9)

 

Cesarean section

3880 (77.0)

195 (75.0)

0.452

Outborn

88 (1.7)

9 (3.5)

0.044

Chorioamnionitisb

1408 (33.0)

100 (44.2)

<.001

Apgar score

 1-min

4.75 ± 1.97

1.66 ± 1.38

<.001

 5-min

6.95 ± 1.66

3.51 ± 2.11

<.001

  1. aCould not be calculated for 25 infants (20 with no extensive resuscitation, 5 with extensive resuscitation) due to gestational age being out of range for the growth chart used
  2. bNot collected for 804 infants (770 with no extensive resuscitation, 34 with extensive resuscitation)