. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 4.

Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2015 Jul 30;35(10):826–831. doi: 10.1038/jp.2015.89

Table 5.

Neonatal morbidities

	ECC	DCC
Pre-operative infection^a	1 (7)	1 (7)
Post-operative infection^a	2 (14)	3 (21)
Necrotizing enterocolitis^b	2 (14)	1 (7)
Arrhythmia^c	1 (7)	2 (14)
Central nervous system lesion^d	1 (7)	0 (0)
Post-operative mortality	1 (7)	1 (7)

Abbreviations: DCC, delayed umbilical cord clamping; ECC, early umbilical cord clamping.

None of the data are statistically different. Data are expressed number (percentage within each group).

Infections include pneumonia, bloodstream and urinary tract infections throughout the infants’ hospitalization.

Bell’s stage 2 or greater throughout hospital course.⁴³

Defined as rhythm necessitating antiarrhythmic therapy.

Lesion defined as any intraventricular/intraparenchymal/cerebellar hemorrhage (IVH) or periventricular leukomalacia on head ultrasound.