Table 4.

Association between maternal serum selenium level and pregnancy outcome in human immunodeficiency virus-negative respondents

Pregnancy outcome	Serum selenium level (µg/L)		Fisher’s exact test*
	<70	70 and above
Maternal anemia
Anemia	12 (100.0)	12 (12.2)	<0.001
Normal	0	86 (87.8)
Gestational age at delivery
Preterm (<37 weeks)	0	5 (5.1)	1.000
Term (37+ weeks)	12 (100.0)	93 (94.9)
Birth weight (kg)
<2.5	8 (66.7)	16 (16.3)	<0.001
2.5 and above	4 (33.3)	82 (83.7)
Fetal outcome
FSB	0	1 (1)	0.725
Alive	12 (100.0)	97 (99)
APGAR score ≥7 at 5 min	12 (100)	97 (99.0)	0.725
APGAR score <7 at 5 min	0	1 (1.00)
Admission into SCBU
Yes	0	4 (4.1)	0.476
No	12 (100)	94 (95.9)

*Derived using Chi-square test. FSH=Fresh stillbirth, SCBU=Special care baby unit