Table 3.
Status of the variables related to the studied infants
| Variable | group | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No asphyxiation N = 35 | Asphyxiation N = 35 | |||
| Newborn Apgar¥ | first minute | 7 (6–8) | 2 (1–3) | < 0.0001£ |
| The fifth minute | 8 (8–10) | 4 (3–5) | < 0.0001£ | |
| 10th minute | 10 (10–10) | 5 (5–7) | < 0.0001£ | |
| Death of a baby (Apgar zero) | first minute | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| The fifth minute | 0 (0.0) | 2 (5.7) | 0.493* | |
| 10th minute | 0 (0.0) | 3 (8.6) | 0.239* | |
| Resuscitation in the delivery room | Yes | 15 (42.9) | 35 (100.0) | < 0.0001* |
| No | 20 (57.1) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Umbilical cord ABG result at birth¥ | PH | 7.3 (7.3–7.27) | 6.8 (6.9–6.5) | < 0.0001£ |
| Bicarbonate | 19 (19–20) | 15 (12.9–17) | < 0.0001£ | |
| BE | -8 (-7 _ -9) | -18 (-15 _ -20) | < 0.0001£ | |
| Multi organ failure, newborn | Yes | 1 (2.9) | 6 (17.1) | 0.106* |
| No | 34 (97.1) | 29 (82.9) | ||
| Severity of HIE | does not have | 35 (100.0) | 7 (20.0) | < 0.0001* |
| mild | 0 (0.0) | 21 (60.0) | ||
| medium | 0 (0.0) | 4 (11.4) | ||
| intense | 0 (0.0) | 3 (8.6) | ||
| Baby’s weight€ | 3278.9 (410.7) | 3167.6 (396.6) | 0.253 ǂ | |
* Fisher’s exact test ǂ Student’s t-test £ Mann-Whitney test ¥ Median (interquartile range) € mean (Standard deviation)