TABLE 5.
Relationship between perinatal outcomes and asthma control
| Male | Female | |||||
| Recurrent uncontrolled asthma | Controlled asthma | p-value | Recurrent uncontrolled asthma | Controlled asthma | p-value | |
| Subjects n | 12 | 85 | 18 | 74 | ||
| Gestational age days | 266±24 | 272±18 | 0.308 | 272±9 | 275±13 | 0.467 |
| Birthweight centile | 49.8±34.1 | 48.0±31.2 | 0.853 | 41.2±35.5 | 49.4±28.5 | 0.302 |
| Birth weight g | 3280±761 | 3378±693 | 0.652 | 3182±646 | 3357±550 | 0.246 |
| Delivery method | 0.578 | 0.021 | ||||
| Vaginal | 9 (75.0) | 55 (64.7) | 9 (50.0) | 57 (77.0) | ||
| Elective LSCS | 2 (16.7) | 10 (11.8) | 6 (33.3) | 7 (9.5) | ||
| Emergency LSCS | 1 (8.3) | 20 (23.5) | 3 (16.7) | 10 (13.5) | ||
| Labour onset | 1 | 0.039 | ||||
| SOL | 6 (50.0) | 45 (52.9) | 6 (33.3) | 43 (58.1) | ||
| IOL | 4 (33.3) | 26 (30.6) | 6 (33.3) | 23 (31.1) | ||
| None | 2 (16.7) | 14 (16.5) | 6 (33.3) | 8 (10.8) | ||
| Birth length cm | 50.0±2.0 | 49.8±3.7 | 0.84 | 48.9±1.9 | 49.3±2.2 | 0.507 |
| Head circumference cm | 35.5±1.3 | 34.7±2.2 | 0.281 | 34.0±1.8 | 34.4±1.6 | 0.348 |
| Preterm birth | 0.201 | 1 | ||||
| No | 9 (75.0) | 75 (88.2) | 16 (88.9) | 67 (90.5) | ||
| Yes | 3 (25.0) | 10 (11.8) | 2 (11.1) | 7 (9.5) | ||
| SGA | 1 | 0.018 | ||||
| No | 11 (91.7) | 75 (88.2) | 12 (66.7) | 67 (90.5) | ||
| Yes | 1 (8.3) | 10 (11.8) | 6 (33.3) | 7 (9.5) | ||
| Apgar Score | ||||||
| 1 min | 8±2 | 8±1 | 0.395 | 8±2 | 8±1 | 0.442 |
| 5 min | 9±1 | 9±1 | 0.805 | 9±2 | 9±1 | 0.746 |
Data are presented as mean±sd or n (%), unless otherwise stated. LSCS: lower segment caesarean section; SOL: spontaneous onset labour; IOL: induction of labour; SGA: small for gestational age.