Table 2.
Comparison of umbilical cord blood hemoglobin and neonatal complications in the intervention and control groups
| Groups | Intervention Group N=200 |
Control Group N=200 |
P value | ||
| Variables | |||||
| umbilical cord blood hemoglobin(g/dl) Mean±SD |
15.98±1.44 | 14.39±1.68 | P=0.024 | ||
| 160(80) | 160(80) | 60(30) | P=0.023 | ||
| Need to Phototherapy | Need to Phototherapy | ||||
| _ | + | _ | + | 0.364 | |
| 106(66.3) | 54(33.7) | 39(65) | 21(35) | ||
| Gastrointestinal Infection (frequency/percent) |
22(11) | 17(8.5) | 0.214 | ||
| Respiratory Infection (frequency/percent) |
35(17.5) | 39(19.5) | 0.116 | ||