Table 1.

General properties of the subjects included in the study by groups

	Selective head cooling (n=17)	Whole body cooling (n=12)	p
Gestational agea	38.6 weeks±1.2	39.3 weeks±0.9	0.140
Birth weighta	3166 g±426	3144 g±495	0.948
Head circumferencea	34.8 cm±0.8	34.6 cm±0.8	0.586
Female	12 (70%)	9 (75%)	0.568
Delivery by cesarean sectio	3 (18%)	5 (42%)	0.158
Being born in the same center	1 (5%)	0 (0%)	0.586
Age at the time of groupinga	5.2 hours±1.4	5.8 hours±0.3	0.527
Rectal temperature at the time of groupinga	34.1°C±0.7	34.2°C±1	0.647
Presence of clinical seizure	15 (88%)	10 (83%)	0.556
Apgar score at the 5th minute (n=26)
0–3	8 (57%)	4 (33%)	0.225
4–6	6 (43%)	8 (67%)	0.225
7–10
Apgar score at the 10th minute (n=25)
0–3	3 (23%)	3 (25%)	0.637
4–6 (%)	10 (77%)	8 (67%)	0.450
7–10	0	1	0.480
Blood gases measured in the first hour
pH	6.89±0.2	6.92±0.1	0.999
bas excess, mmol/L	−18±5	−19±2	0.673
aEEG before grouping
moderately abnormal	3 (18%)	2 (17%)	0.671
severely abnormal	14 (82%)	10 (83%)	0.671
Sarnat stage
Stage II	8 (47%)	4 (33%)	0.363
Stage III	9 (53%)	8 (77%)	0.363

^amean±SD