Table 2.

Hospital stay, mode of delivery and outcome in pre-term newborns and full-term newborns *.

	Pre-Term Infants (n = 61, 31.9%)	Term Infants (n = 119, 62.3%)	p Value
Hospital stay, median, days (IQ)	36.5 (14.7–64.5)	12 (10–16)
Mode of delivery, n (%)
vaginal	19 (31.1%)	90 (75.6%)	<0.0001
planned caesarean section	14 (23.0%)	12 (10.1%)	0.04
emergency caesarean section	28 (45.9%)	14 (11.8%)	<0.0001
not available	--	3
Outcome
death	5 (8.2%)	3 (2.5%)	0.12
brain lesions at discharge from hospital	10 (16.4%)	6 (5.0%)	0.02

* information on gestational age was not available for 11 cases.