. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 12.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Perinatol. 2017 Dec 29;35(8):758–763. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1615792

Table 4.

Neonatal Outcomes compared by Medical Indication for Delivery ^¶

Neonatal Outcome	Maternal Indication n=395	Fetal/Obstetric Indication n=133	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Neonatal Composite Outcome	85 (21.5%)	52 (39.1%)	1.9 (1.14–3.21)^*	<0.01
Neonatal Death	17 (4.3%)	13 (9.8%)	1.7 (0.74–4.10) ^†	0.02
Cord pH<7 or base excess<−12.5	11 (2.8%)	17 (12.8%)	4.2 (1.89–9.55)^‡	<0.01
Grade III-IV Intraventricular Hemorrhage (%)	15 (3.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0.1(0.02–1.13)^‡	0.08
Culture-Proven Sepsis	29/371 (7.8%)	19 /123 (15.5%)	1.7 (0.84–3.46) ^‡	0.01
Necrotizing Enterocolitis	27 (6.9%)	14 (10.6%)	1.3 (0.61–2.66) ^†	0.17
5-Minute Apgar ≤3	26 (6.6%)	17 (12.8%)	1.4 (0.68–2.89) ^‡	0.02
CPR in Delivery Room	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.8%)	-	0.41

Adjusted for use of steroids, gestational age at delivery and BMI

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Adjusted for use of steroids and gestational age at delivery

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Adjusted for use of steroids, gestational age at delivery and race

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Primary Neonatal Composite Outcome factors include the following: (i) death, (ii) pH<7, (iii) 5 minute Apgar ≤ 3, (iv) CPR in the labor and delivery room, (v) sepsis, (vi) IV.