Table 1.
Health status of the neonate at birth and infant at six weeks’ age in relation to maternal temperature (N = 648 for birth outcomes, N = 545 for six-week outcomes)
| Child outcome | Total n (%) N = 648 | Abnormal maternal postpartum temperature n (%) n = 100 | Normal maternal postpartum temperature n (%) n = 548 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vital status at birth | < 0.001 | |||
|
Live, term (≥36 weeks’ gestational age) Live, preterm (< 36 weeks’ gestational age) Macerated stillbirth Fresh stillbirth |
605 (93.4) 16 (2.5) 7 (1.1) 18 (2.8) |
83 (83.0) 10 (10.0) 1 (1.0) 7 (7.0) |
522 (95.3) 6 (1.1) 6 (1.1) 11(2.0) |
|
| 10-minute APGAR score < 7 | 50 (7.7) | 14 (14.0) | 36 (6.6) | 0.02 |
| Six-week infant outcome* | 0.15 | |||
|
Dead or unwell Alive and well Unknown |
25 (3.9) 520 (80.2) 103 (15.9) |
3 (3.0) 88 (88.0) 9 (9.0) |
22 (4.0) 432 (78.8) 94 (17.2) |
*Six-week outcome data was available for only 545 of the 648 enrolled infants (84.1%)