Table 1. Clinical characteristics of infants that develop infantile spasms after neonatal HIE.

	Infantile Spasms
	Present	Absent
Number	8	16
Male sex	3 (37.5%)	10 (62.5%)
Gestational age (weeks)	38.4 (37-39)	39 (38.2-41)
Birthweight (g)	3236 (2770-3572)	3655 (3541-3780)
Head circumference (cm)	34.5 (33.5-37)	35.5 (33.75-36.5)
5-minute Apgar score	4 (1-6)	6 (3-7)
Umbilical artery pH	7.0 (6.8-7.4)	7.02 (6.9-7.2)
Umbilical artery base excess (mmol/L)	7 (6.9-12)	7.6 (4.6-11.7)
Hypoglycemia	1 (12.5%)	4 (25%)
Therapeutic hypothermia	2 (25%)	2 (12.5%)
Neonatal seizures	6 (75%)	9 (56.3%)

Data is presented as a median (interquartile range) or number (%).

There were no significant differences between the two groups.