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. 2017 Mar 25;65(2):268–275. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix277

Table 3.

Clinical Outcomes Among Singleton Infants in the Congenital Chagas Disease Cohort Study, Santa Cruz and Camiri, Bolivia

Characteristic M + B + Infected Mother–Infected Infant (N = 32)a M + B − Infected Mother–Uninfected Infant (N = 252)b M − B − Uninfected Mother–Uninfected Infant (N = 1360)c M + B + vs M + B – P Value M + B – vs M – B –
M + B + vs M – B –
Maternal characteristic
Primiparous 7 (21.9) 48 (19.7) 494 (36.3) NS NS <0.001
Maternal age (median [IQR]) 23.5 [19.6, 28.1] 26.9 [22.0, 34.2] 22.7 [19.0, 28.9] <0.01 NS <0.001
Cesarean section 19 (59.4) 121 (49.6) 613 (45.1) NS NS NS
Premature rupture of membranes 4 (12.5) 16 (6.7) 196 (14.8) NS NS <0.001
Infant characteristic
Female sex 26 (68.4) 114 (46.7) 658 (48.5) <0.05 NS NS
Birth weight (median [IQR]) 2980 [2500, 3525] 3300 [3070, 3650] 3300 [2960, 3600] <0.05 <.05 NS
Birth weight <2500 g 7 (21.9) 12 (5.0) 107 (7.9) <0.01 <.05 NS
1-minute Apgar score <7 1 (3.1) 11 (4.5) 41 (3.0) NS NS NS
5-minute Apgar score <7 0 (0) 1 (0.4) 4 (0.3) NS NS NS
Premature by exam 6 (18.8) 11 (4.6) 90 (6.6) <0.01 <.05 NS
Hospitalized at birth 5 (15.6) 16 (6.7) 131 (9.7) NS NS NS
Respiratory distress 4 (12.5) 10 (4.2) 119 (8.8) 0.07 NS <0.05

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; NS, nonsignificant.

aExcludes 3 sets of twins, all concordantly infected.

bExcludes 4 sets of twins, 174 infants with no specimen at 6 or 9 months, and 23 infants whose final serology was inconclusive.

cExcludes 15 sets of twins.