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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jul 3;203(4):328.e1–328.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.05.013

Table 2.

Adverse Intrapartum Events and Risk of Spastic Quadripalegic or Dyskinetic CP (SQD CP).

All Preterm Term
No CP SQD CP No CP SQD CP P* No CP SQD CP p*
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Placental abruption 54,009 0.9 410 5.7 20,953 3.8 265 10.8 0.0001 28,149 0.5 101 2.4 0.0001
Uterine rupture during labor 3,855 0.06 54 0.8 398 0.07 6 0.2 0.02 3,217 0.06 44 1.0 0.0001
Fetal distress 471,279 7.7 1,426 19.7 47,214 8.6 507 20.6 0.0001 400,764 7.7 827 19.4 0.0001
Birth trauma 294,425 4.8 565 7.8 22,301 4.0 178 7.2 0.0001 257,164 4.9 348 8.1 0.0001
Cord prolapse 16,675 0.3 110 1.5 3,320 0.6 54 2.2 0.0001 12,184 0.2 49 1.2 0.0001
Mild to severe birth ashyxia 24,458 0.4 409 5.7 4,231 0.8 113 4.6 0.0001 18,598 0.4 269 6.3 0.0001
Any of the above 6 events 793,415 12.9 2,268 31.3 87,852 15.9 907 36.8 0.0001 663,136 12.7 1,208 28.3 0.0001