Table 3.

Perinatal morbidity and mortality among the offspring of women who attempted an external cephalic version procedure and those who did not (expectant management)

Outcome	ECV attempted (n=1263)	ECV not attempted ‘Expectant management’ (n=2854)	p-value
Composite perinatal morbidity	36 (2.9)	70 (2.5)	0.46
Stillbirth	1 (0.1)	2 (0.1)	0.92
Neonatal death within 72h after birth	0	0	NA
Apgar score <5 at 5 minutes	5 (0.4)	8 (0.3)	0.54
Umbilical artery pH <7.0§	17 (1.8)	26 (1.2)	0.14
Umbilical artery base deficit ≥12 mmol/L*	30 (3.3)	57 (2.6)	0.29
Neonatal therapeutic hypothermia	2 (0.2)	4(0.1)	0.89
NICU admission	46 (3.6)	93 (3.3)	0.53
Neonatal anemia	20 (1.6)	35 (1.2)	0.36

Data are presented as n (%)

ECV, external cephalic version; NA, not applicable; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit

^*Umbilical artery data are based on 919 neonates in the ECV attempted group and 2205 neonates in the ECV not-attempted group