Table 2.
Information regarding birth and perinatal outcome for the control and craniosynostosis group, N = number of subjects.
| Information concerning birth and perinatal outcome | Control group (A) |
Craniosynostosis group (B) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ν (%) |
Ν (%) |
||
| Cephalopelvic disproportion during labor | |||
| No | 60 (98.4) | 34 (97.1) | 1.000 * |
| Yes | 1 (1.6) | 1 (2.9) | |
| Premature rupture of the amniotic sac | |||
| No | 61 (98.4) | 34 (97.1) | 1.000 * |
| Yes | 1 (1.6) | 1 (2.9) | |
| Intrauterine intracerebral - intraventricular hemorrhage | |||
| No | 62 (100.0) | 35 (100.0) | -* * |
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Premature labor | |||
| No | 61 (98.4) | 31 (88.6) | 0.055 * |
| Yes | 1 (1.6) | 4 (11.4) | |
| Perinatal asphyxia | |||
| No | 60 (96.8) | 31 (88.6) | 0.184 * |
| Yes | 2 (3.2) | 4 (11.4) | |
| Labor type | |||
| Cesarean section | 23 (37.1) | 24 (68.6) | 0.003‡ |
| Normal | 39 (62.9) | 11 (31.4) | |
| Conception | |||
| Normal | 59 (95.2) | 34 (97.1) | 1.000 * |
| Assisted Reproduction | 3 (4.8) | 1 (2.9) | |
| Mean birth weight ± SD (gr) | 3254.4 ± 464.1 | 2954.4 ± 770.2 | 0.029 + |
| Low/ Very low birth weight | |||
| No | 60 (96.8) | 31 (88.6) | 0.184 * |
| Yes | 2 (3.2) | 4 (11.4) | |
| Mean birth height ± SD (cm) | 51.3 ± 2.4 | 48.7 ± 5.7 | 0.004 + |
| Mean head circumference ± SD (cm) | 34.1 ± 1.2 | 33.7 ± 3.2 | 0.849 + |
+Pearson’s chi-square test; *Fisher’s exact test; +Student’s t-test; * *was not computed due to no distribution