Table 1.

Neonatal Demographics

	Group
Variables	No Anesthesia	Regional Anesthesia	T	X2	P value
Number	13 (35.1)	24 (64.9)
Gestational Age at Birth, weeks (days)	39.5 ± 0.9 (276.5 ± 6.3),	39.1 ± 1.3 (273.7 ± 9.1),	0.7		0.4
	Range = 38.0 – 41.0	Range = 35.5 – 41.0
Birth Weight, g	3345.3 ± 353.9	3323.9 ± 512.0	0.02		0.9
Birth Head Circumference, cm	34.3 ± 1.1	34.6 ± 1.4	0.4		0.5
Birth Length, cm	50.7 ± 2.5	50.5 ± 2.7	0.08		0.8
Apgar 1 minute	9.0 ± 0.0	8.5 ± 1.2	2.7		0.1
Apgar 5 minute	9.1 ± 0.3	9.0 ± 0.2	2.2		0.2
Abnormal Fetal Heart Rate	1 (2.8)	6 (16.7)		1.7	0.6
Postmenstrual Age at Scan, weeks (days)	41.7 ± 1.5 (291.9 ± 10.5),	42.3 ± 2.1 (296.1 ± 14.7),	0.9		0.4
	Range = 40.1 – 45.1	Range = 36.1 – 45.7
Time Between Gestational Age and Scan, weeks (days)	2.3 ± 1.6 (16.1 ± 11.2),	3.2 ± 1.5 (22.4 ± 10.5),	3.1		0.1
	Range = 0.1 – 6.1	Range = 0.4 – 5.7
Gender				0.003	1.0
Male	8 (61.5)	15 (62.5)
Female	5 (38.5)	9 (37.5)

^aData presented as mean ± SD or n (%);

^*p ≤ 0.05