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Table 2 Comparisons of characteristics between infants with and without complications of congenital syphilis

From: Outcomes of infants born to pregnant women with syphilis: a nationwide study in Korea

Year

MR + Eye + Hearing + Renal

(N = 51)

None (N = 199)

P-value

2014

16 (21 %)

60 (79 %)

0.4626

2015

15 (22 %)

53 (78 %)

2016

9 (21 %)

34 (79 %)

2017

8 (25 %)

24 (75 %)

2018

3 (3 %)

32 (91 %)

Male

21 (41 %)

108 (53 %)

0.1248

Preterm

0 (0 %)

7 (3 %)

0.6155

Neurosyphilis

7 (14 %)

7 (3 %)

< 0.0001

Aqueous penicillin

7 (14 %)

57 (28 %)

0.0394

Benzathine penicillin

39 (76 %)

131 (63 %)

Duration of Tx ≥ 10

48 (6 %)

165 (17 %)

0.1691

  1. MR mental retardation, Tx treatment