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. 2012 Dec 5;7(12):e50520. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050520

Table 1. Demographic Details of Study Population.

HIE Control HIE P Asphyxia Control Asphyxia P
(n = 31) (n = 31) (n = 40) (n = 40)
Gestational Age (wks) 40.3 (1.1) 40.3 (0.9) 0.84 40.1 (1.3) 40.1 (1.1) 0.96
Gender (M/F) 20/11 21/10 0.79 27/13 27/13 1.0
Birth Weight (gm) 3543 (595) 3502 (463) 0.76 3713 (576) 3645 (508) 0.58
Birth Weight Centile 40 (20, 73) 46 (16, 82) 0.92 65 (34, 85) 65 (25, 84) 0.86
Method of Delivery 0.81 1.0
SVD 6 (20%) 8 (26%) 14 (35%) 14 (35%)
Instrumental 15 (48%) 15 (48%) 19 (48%) 19 (48%)
Emergency LSCS 10 (32%) 8 (26%) 6 (15%) 6 (15%)
Elective LSCS 1 (2%) 1 (2%)
Sarnat Score
Severe/Moderate/Mild 6/6/19
Therapeutic hypothermia 11
EEG Background
Severe/Moderate/Mild-Normal 8/3/20 0/0/40
Outcome at discharge
Severe/Mild/Normal 7/4/20 0/0/31 0.001 0/1/39 0/0/40 0.314
1st pH 6.96 (0.18) 7.28 (0.18) <0.001 7.04 (0.9) 7.22 (0.12) <0.001
1 minute Apgar score 3 (1, 5) 9 (9, 9) <0.001 6 (3, 7) 9 (9, 9) <0.001
5 minute Apgar score 6 (3, 7) 10 (10, 10) <0.001 8 (6, 9) 10 (9, 10) <0.001
Maternal Ethnicity 0.08 0.56
Western European 26 (84%) 30 (96.7%) 38 (95%) 39 (97.5%)
African 2 (6.4%)
Indian 3 (9.6%) 1 (3.3%)
Asian 2 (5%) 1 (2.5%)
Maternal Age (yrs) 26.8 (5.0) 29.0 (4.9) 0.32 30.2 (6.3) 30.4 (4.9) 0.57
Maternal BMI kg/m2 25.2 (3.9) 24.0 (4.8) 0.35 26.1 (4.2) 24.2 (3.6) 0.06

Values are mean (SD), median (interquartile range), or n (%).