Table 2.
Maternal and fetal characteristics and total nucleated cell count.
| Variable | TNC count (×108 cells) |
p-Value | PR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤9.33 | >9.33 | Total | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Delivery route (n = 370) | 0.022 | ||||
| Cesarean | 85 (44.0) | 108 (56.0) | 193 (52.2) | 1 | |
| Vaginal | 99 (55.9) | 78 (44.1) | 177 (47.8) | 1.27 (1.03–1.56) | |
| Birth weight (n = 371) | <0.001 | ||||
| 2000–2499 g | 2 (100) | – | 2 (0.5) | 4.08 (0.91–18.24) | |
| 2500–2999 g | 25 (80.6) | 6 (19.4) | 31 (8.4) | 3.29 (1.65–6.55) | |
| 3000–3499 g | 91 (58.7) | 64 (41.3) | 155 (41.8) | 2.40 (1.31–4.38) | |
| 3500–3999 g | 54 (43.2) | 71 (56.8) | 125 (33.7) | 1.76 (0.94–3.29) | |
| 4000–4499 g | 12 (24.5) | 37 (75.5) | 49 (13.2) | 1 | |
| ≥4500 g | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) | 9 (2.4) | 0.45 (0.05–3.49) | |
TNC: total nucleated cell; PR: prevalence ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.