Table 1.
Characteristics of child and mother at birth n = 150
| Baseline data | Category | Distribution | No risk of delay | Risk of delay | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Sex | Male | 85 | 56.7 | 72 | 54.1 | 13 | 76.4 | 0.118 |
| Female | 65 | 43.3 | 61 | 45.8 | 4 | 23.5 | ||
| Maternal age | 17–20 | 4 | 2.7 | 3 | 2.2 | 1 | 5.8 | 0.502 |
| 21–30 | 81 | 54 | 73 | 54.8 | 8 | 47.1 | ||
| ≧31 | 65 | 43.3 | 57 | 42.8 | 8 | 47.1 | ||
| Maternal age mean(SD) | Year | 29.8 (5.2) | 29.8 (5.2) | 30.2 (5.7) | 0.111 | |||
| Delivery mode | Vaginal | 91 | 60.7 | 79 | 59.4 | 12 | 70.5 | 0.439 |
| Cesarean | 59 | 39.3 | 54 | 40.6 | 5 | 29.4 | ||
| Birthweight mean(SD) | Gram | 3592 (446) | 3611 (448) | 3441 (412) | 0.126 | |||
| Gestational week mean(SD) | Week | 38.9 (0.9) | 39.0 (0.9) | 38.5 (1.3) | 0.111 | |||
| Preterm | ≧38 week | 143 | 95.3 | 128 | 96.2 | 15 | 88.2 | 0.181 |
| ≦37 week | 7 | 4.7 | 5 | 3.7 | 2 | 11.7 | ||
| Small for gestational age | Yes | 4 | 2.7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| No | 146 | 97.3 | 129 | 96.9 | 17 | 100 | ||
| Apgar 1 min | ≧8 | 55 | 36.7 | 51 | 38.3 | 4 | 23.5 | 0.292 |
| ≦7 | 95 | 63.3 | 82 | 61.6 | 13 | 76.4 | ||
| Apgar 1 min mean (SD) | Score | 7.3 (0.6) | 7.3(0.6) | 7.2(0.5) | 0.51 | |||
| Hyperbilirubinemia | < 10 mg/dL | 45 | 30 | 38 | 28.5 | 7 | 41.2 | 0.399 |
| > 10 mg/dL | 105 | 70 | 95 | 71.4 | 10 | 58.8 | ||
| Season of birth | October–March | 73 | 48.7 | 63 | 47.3 | 10 | 58.8 | 0.445 |
| April–September | 77 | 51.3 | 70 | 52.6 | 7 | 41.2 | ||
| Parity | Primiparous | 48 | 32 | 42 | 31.5 | 6 | 35.3 | 0.786 |
| Parous | 102 | 68 | 91 | 68.4 | 11 | 64.7 | ||