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. 2020 Aug 10;226:64–70. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.08.004

Table I.

Maternal and infant characteristics (N = 160 unless specified)

Characteristics Value
Maternal
 Age, y, mean ± SD (median) 30.8 ± 6.2 (31)
 Gravida, mean ± SD (median) 3.4 ± 2.5 (3)
 Parity, mean ± SD (median) 1.7 ± 1.9 (1)
 Gestational age, mean ± SD (median) 38.8 ± 1.7 (39.1)
 Ethnicity, n (%)
 Non-Hispanic 91 (56.9)
 Hispanic 65 (40.6)
 Unknown 4 (2.5)
 Race, n (%)
 White 84 (52.5)
 Black 13 (8.1)
 Asian 2 (1.3)
 Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander 9 (5.6)
 Other 52 (32.5)
 Symptoms
 Never symptomatic, n (%) 76 (47.5)
 Symptomatic only during admission, n (%) 21 (13.1)
 Symptomatic before and during admission, n (%) 38 (23.8)
 Symptomatic only before admission, n (%) 25 (15.6)
 Day of symptoms, mean ± SD (median) −14.6 ± 17.1 (−7)
 Fever (>100 °F), n (%) 49 (30.6)
 Cough, n (%) 65 (40.6)
 Shortness of breath, n (%) 13 (8.1)
 Maternal medications, n (%)
 None 134 (89.4)
 Hydroxychloroquine 15 (9.4)
 Azithromycin 10 (6.3)
 Tocilizumab 3 (1.9)
 Remdesivir 2 (1.3)
 Lopinavir-ritonavir 3 (1.9)
 Heparin 5 (3.1)
 Reason for delivery, n (%)
 Expected 148 (92.5)
 Preterm (infant indication) 2 (1.3)
 Preterm (maternal indication) 6 (3.8)
 Maternal COVID-19 4 (2.5)
 Method of delivery
 Vaginal delivery 120 (75.0)
 Elective primary cesarean 1 (0.6)
 Repeat cesarean 11 (6.9)
 Cesarean for failed induction 2 (1.3)
 Cesarean for failure to progress 4 (2.5)
 Cesarean for Non Reassuring Fetal Heart Tracing 7 (4.4)
 Cesarean for breech 3 (1.9)
 Emergency Cesarean 6 (3.8)
 Cesarean for maternal indication (eg, preeclampsia, placenta previa) 4 (2.5)
 Extramural delivery 2 (1.3)
 Rupture of membranes, h, mean ± SD (median) (N = 159) 5.5 ± 7.1 (2)
Infant characteristics
 Sex, n (%)
 Male 71 (44.4)
 Female 89 (55.6)
 Birth weight, kg, mean ± SD (median) 3.3 ± 0.5 (3.28)
 Length, cm, mean ± SD (median) 0.51 ± 0.03 (0.51)
 Head circumference, cm, mean ± SD (median) 33.6 ± 1.6 (33.5)
 Apagar 0 min, median (IQR) (N = 159) 9 (8-9)
 Apgar 5 min, median (IQR) (N = 159) 9 (9-9)
 SGA/AGA/LGA, n (%)
 SGA 10 (6.3)
 AGA 143 (89.4)
 LGA 7 (4.4)
 Need for resuscitation (PPV), n (%) 15 (9.4)
 Newborn nursery or NICU, N (%)
 Newborn nursery 145 (90.6)
 NICU 15 (9.4)
 Isolation type, n (%)
 No isolation 7 (4.4)
 Contact only 1 (0.6)
 Contact/airborne/eye protection 88 (55.0)
 Contact/droplet/eye protection 64 (40.0)
 First test age, h, mean ± SD (median) 21.5 ± 7.8 (24)
 Second test age, h, mean ± SD (median) (N = 90) 50.3 ± 18.0 (48)
 Maximum temperature during hospitalization, °C, mean ± SD (median) 37.3 ± 0.3 (37.2)
 Total LOS, d, mean ± SD (median) 3.0 ± 7.1 (2)
 NICU LOS, d, mean ± SD (median) (N = 18) 13.4 ± 18.4 (4.5)

SGA, small for gestational age; AGA, average for gestational age; LGA, large for gestational age; PPV, positive pressure ventilation.

Negative number represents days before delivery.