Table 3.

Correlation between indicators of HI severity [n = 178 (subset with biomarker data)].

	ρ	p-value	n	ρ	p-value	n	ρ	p-value	n	ρ	p-value	n	ρ	p-value	n
Apgar 5 min	Apgar 5 min
	(n = 172)
Worse pH	−0.018	0.810	172	•Worse pH
				(n = 178)
Worse BE	0.161	0.036	171	0.527	<0.001	177	Worse BE
							•(n = 177)
NRBCs	−0.129	0.093	170	−0.113	0.134	176	−0.215	0.004	175	•NRBCs
										•(n = 176)
Lactate	−0.385	<0.001	104	−0.225	0.019	109	−0.374	<0.001	108	0.444	<0.001	108	•Lactate
													•(n = 109)
Sarnat score	−0.440	<0.001	172	−0.098	0.195	178	−0.124	0.100	177	0.147	0.051	176	0.326	0.001	109

Analysis by Spearman ρ correlations. BE, base excess; NRBCs, nucleated red blood cells.

Bold represent p-values < 0.10.