Table IV.

Column percents of delivery-related characteristics among women who gave birth to a child who developed an ultrasound indication of cerebral white matter damage or cerebral palsy.

Delivery characteristic	Cerebral White Matter Damage				Cerebral Palsy
	Ventriculomegaly		Echolucent Lesion
	Yes	No	Yes	No	Quadriparesis	Diparesis	Hemiparesis	None
Delivery indication
Preterm labor	57	44	59	44	49	55	75	44
pPROM	20	21	22	21	19	23	13	21
Preeclampsia	7	14	3	14	9	6	0	15
Abruption	7	12	2	12	4	10	13	12
Cervical Insufficiency	5	5	7	5	15	6	0	4
Fetal Indication	3	4	7	4	4	0	0	4
Gestational age   23–24	27	20	32	19	43	48	38	17
(wks)                  25–26	48	45	44	46	34	23	44	47
Birth weight Z-score < −2	6	5	2	6	0	0	13	6
Placenta bacteriology
Aerobe	39	30	44	30	43	65	25	29
Anaerobe	36	28	39	28	45	42	25	27
Mycoplasma	10	10	8	10	9	23	6	10
Placenta histology
Any inflammation†	42	39	49	39	49	68	38	37
Infarct	10	19	19	18	25	13	13	18
Increase syncytial knots	17	21	15	21	21	13	6	22
Column N	88	789	59	818	53	31	16	777

^†Inflammation of the chorionic plate (grade 3, severity 3), moderate/severe chorioamnionitis, inflammation of umbilical cord (≥ grade 3), or neutrophilic infiltration of the fetal vessels in the plate