Table 2.

Clinical outcome of non-crying neonates who were stimulated with cord intact versus cord clamped

	Intact cord during stimulation, n=671 (26.2%)	Cord clamped before stimulation, n=1892 (73.8%)	P value
Spontaneous breathing
Yes, 1847	544 (81.1%)	1303 (68.9%)
No, 716	127 (18.9%)	589 (31.1%)	<0.0001
Bag-and-mask ventilation
No, 1829	550 (82.0%)	1279 (67.6%)
Yes, 734	121 (18.0%)	613 (32.4%)	<0.0001
Apgar Score at 1 min
4 or more, 2214	598 (92.4%)	1616 (88.3%)
3 or less, 264	49 (7.6%)	215 (11.5%)	0.001
Apgar Score at 5 min
7 or more, 2196	596 (92.1%)	1597 (87.3%)
6 or less, 284	51 (7.9%)	233 (12.7%)	<0.0001
Birth outcome
Live born, 2513	654 (97.5%)	1859 (98.3%)
Stillborn, 50	17 (2.5%)	33 (1.7%)	0.198
Mortality
No, 2528	666 (99.3%)	1862 (98.4%)
Yes, 35	5 (0.7%)	30 (1.6%)	0.123