Table 2.
Factors | Gestational age (years), n (%) | P. value | |
37-39 weeks
(n=103) |
40-41 weeks
(n=93) |
||
Instrumental delivery (n=46) | 15 (32.61) | 31 (67.39) | 0.002 |
Spontaneous vertex delivery (n=87) | 33 (37.93) | 54 (62.07) | 0.001 |
Cesarean section (n=63) | 43 (68.25) | 20 (31.75) | 0.002 |
Prolonged rupture of membranes (n=57) | 19 (33.33) | 38 (66.67) | 0.001 |
Meconium staining (n=15) | 3 (20) | 12 (80) | 0.008 |
Maternal fever (n=43) | 12 (27.91) | 31 (72.09) | 0.001 |
Anemia at delivery (n=113) | 33 (28.24) | 80 (71.76) | 0.001 |