Table 2. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of mothers and babies.
| Characteristic | Case | Control | P-valuea |
| N(%) | N(%) | ||
| Maternal | |||
| Maternal education≤primary level | 79/202 (39.1) | 45/100 (45.0) | 0.327 |
| Nulliparity | 118/202 (58.4) | 49/101 (48.5) | 0.102 |
| Emergency caesarean section | 49/201(24.4) | 23/101(22.8) | 0.757 |
| Intrapartum antibiotics | 37/201 (18.4) | 16/101 (15.8) | 0.580 |
| Neonatal | |||
| Male sex | 132/202 (65.4) | 48/101 (47.5) | 0.003 |
| Mean birth weight (g) | 3183 | 3033 | 0.0061 |
| 1 minute APGAR <3 | 65/195 (33.3) | 1/99 (1) | <0.0001 |
| 5 minute APGAR <7 | 126/177 (71.2) | 1/98 (1) | <0.0001 |
| Case fatality | 68/200(34.0) | 0/96 (0.0) | <0.0001 |
a
chi-squared test.