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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2013 Mar 22;163(3):706–10.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.02.030

Table I.

Maternal characteristics

Time of indomethacin
prophylaxis

Characteristic <6 h (n = 730) >6 h (n = 138) P value
Age, years, mean ± SEM 28.3 ± 6.5 28.6 ± 7.2 .64
Diabetes, n (%) 38 (5) 7 (5) .98
Hypertension, preeclampsia/eclampsia, n (%) 172 (24) 37 (27) .41
Chorioamnionitis, n (%) 47/455 (10) 9/63 (14) .34
Antenatal steroids, n (%) 672 (92) 107 (78) <.001
Cesarean delivery, n (%) 490 (67) 101 (73) .16