TABLE 1.
Special Care Nursery Admission Rates and Characteristics of Small for Gestational Age (SGA) Asian Indian and White Infants at Washington Hospital: Fremont, CA, January 2006–December 2007
| Asian Indian Infants (n = 1492) | White Infants (n = 989) | P | |
| SGA infants, no. (%) | 217 (14.5) | 27 (2.7) | <.001 |
| SGA infants admitted to special care nursery, no. (%) | 45 (20.7) | 1 (3.7) | .035 |
| Non-SGA infants admitted to special care nursery, no. (%) | 139 (10.9) | 65 (6.8) | ≤.001 |
| Characteristics of SGA infants | |||
| Male, % | 49 | 30 | .06 |
| Mean birth weight, kg (SD) | 2.6 (0.2) | 2.5 (0.2) | .72 |
| Mean head circumference, cm (SD) | 33.6 (0.8) | 33.6 (1.0) | .98 |
| Mean length, cm (SD) | 47.0 (3.9) | 46.5 (2.1) | .55 |
| Mean maternal age, y (SD) | 29.9 (3.9) | 28.3 (6.6) | .07 |
| Received prenatal care, % | 100 | 100 | |
| Cesarean delivery, % | 26 | 11 | .08 |
| Median Apgar score, % | 9 | 9 | |
| Apgar score < 7, % | 0 | 3.7 | .11 |
| Fetal distress, % | 3.2 | 0 | >.99 |