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Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2015 Sep 24;36(1):35–40. doi: 10.1038/jp.2015.117

Table 4. Neonatal morbidities.

	ICC (N= 20)	DCC (N= 17)	P-value
Early-onset sepsis	1 (5)	0 (0)	1.0
Late-onset sepsis	8 (40)	8 (47)	0.75
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia^a	15 (75)	10 (59)	0.48
Necrotizing enterocolitis^b	4 (20)	4 (24)	0.79
Spontaneous intestinal perforation	0 (0)	1 (6)	0.46
Medical treatment of PDA	8 (40)	10 (59)	0.33
Surgical treatment of PDA	4 (20)	3 (18)	1.0
Retinopathy of prematurity	10 (50)	10 (59)	0.83
Any IVH	8 (40)	6 (35)	0.77
Severe IVH (≥ grade 3)^c	4 (20)	1 (6)	0.34
Periventricular leukomalacia	3 (15)	0 (0)	0.23
Length of initial hospitalization	93 (69–125)	99 (78–152)	0.64
Death^d	2 (10)	1 (6)	1.0

Abbreviations: DCC, delayed cord clamping; ICC, immediate cord clamping; IVH, intraventricular hemorrhage; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus.

Oxygen requirement at 36 weeks' corrected gestational age.

Bell's stage 2 or greater.

Two infants in the ICC group had severe IVH and periventricular leukomalacia.

Deaths shown here are separate from those in the delivery room. None of the data are statistically different. Length of hospitalization expressed as median (range). All other data are expressed as no. (%).