Table 3.

Comparison of pregnancy outcomes and obstetric complications between HIG-treatment group and control group

Characteristics	HIG treatment group (N = 41)	Control group (N = 82)	P
Median completed gestational weeks at birth (range)	39 (31–41)	39 (24–42)	0.082
GA at birth < 37 weeks (n) (%)	3 (7%)	13 (16%)	0.259
Mean BW in gram (range)	3484 (1695–4280)	3224 (775–4320)	0.674
Mean z score for BW (range)	0.31 (− 2.94–3.80)	0.04 (− 2.30–2.59)	0.469
Mean HC at birth in cm (range)	35.0 (30.0–37.0)	34.2 (24.0–38.0)	0.346
Mean z score for HC	0.14 (− 2.79–1.38)	− 0.13 (− 2.15–2.38)	0.290
Mean length at birth in cm (range)	51.4 (40.0–59.0)	50.3 (33.5–56.0)	0.152
Mean z score for length (range)	0.08 (− 3.96–3.09)	− 0.07 (− 1.78–2.29)	0.753
Mode of birth [n = 123]			0.003*
Vaginal	33 (80%)	37 (45%)
Primary c-section	4 (10%)	25 (30%)
Secondary c-section	4 (10%)	20 (24%)
Mean umbilical cord pH (range) [n = 113]	7.27 (7.04–7.48)	7.26 (7.03–7.40)	0.439

BW birth weight, HC head circumference

P: P values in the two-sided Chi-square test according to Pearson. Statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05) shown asterisked