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Table 1 Analyses of maternal, obstetrical, postnatal and anthropometric characteristics and conditions for 5th minute Apgar Score groups

From: Factors associated with 5-min APGAR score, death and survival in neonatal intensive care: a case-control study

Characteristic

Overall

G1

5 minute Apgar Score < 7

N = 79a

G2

5 minute Apgar Score ≥ 7

N = 198a

p value

Maternal characteristics

Number of deliveries

1 (0, 2)

1 (0, 1)

1 (0, 2)

0.035*

Gestation time in weeks

   

0.003*

   < 28

42 (15.4%)

20 (25.6%)b

22 (11.3%)b

 

  28–31

55 (20.1%)

11 (14.1%)

44 (22.6%)

 

  32–36

120 (44%)

26 (33.3%)b

94 (48.2%)b

 

  37–41

53 (19.4%)

19 (24.4%)

34 (17.4%)

 

   ≥ 42

3 (1.1%)

2 (2.6%)

1 (0.5%)

 

Obstetrical conditions

Type of delivery

   

< 0.001*

  Cesarean

160 (58%)

28 (35%)

132 (67%)

 

  Vaginal

117 (42%)

51 (65%)

66 (33%)

 

Birth injury

70 (27%)

31 (41%)

39 (22%)

0.001*

Postnatal conditions

Surfactant

116 (43%)

41 (53%)

75 (39%)

0.039*

IMV

110 (41%)

45 (58%)

65 (34%)

< 0.001*

CPAP

41 (15%)

6 (7.7%)

35 (18%)

0.030*

Outcome

   

< 0.001*

  Discharge

168 (62%)

36 (46%)

132 (68%)

 

  Death

105 (38%)

42 (54%)

63 (32%)

 
  1. IMV invasive mechanical ventilation, CPAP continuous positive airway pressure, OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
  2. *p-value ≤ 0.05
  3. aMedian (IQR); n (%)
  4. bAdjusted residual post-hoc tests with Zcrit = 1.96