Table 2.
Comparison of the vital signs and perinatal outcomes of the groups
| Control group (n: 107) | Study group (n: 19) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Std. deviation | Mean | Std. deviation | P | |
| Fever (°C) | 36.7 | 0.62 | 36.7 | 0.68 | 0.937 |
| Heart rate | 97.7 | 16.4 | 98.2 | 16.7 | 0.979 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 112.9 | 13.5 | 112.2 | 10.4 | 0.764 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 66.7 | 12.08 | 65.9 | 9.8 | 0.847 |
| O2 saturation | 94.6 | 3.8 | 93.6 | 3.6 | 0.065 |
| Respiratory rate | 17.6 | 6.4 | 17.4 | 3.4 | 0.607 |
| C-reactive protein (CRP) | 67.5 | 72.1 | 19.1 | 12.2 | 0.809 |
| Lymphocyte | 1137 | 563 | 1183 | 487 | 0.825 |
| Interlockin-6 (IL-6) | 234 | 890 | 12 | 11.5 | 0.181 |
| Procalcitonin | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.224 |
| Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) | 147 | 114 | 332 | 369 | 0.002 |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) | 159 | 271 | 372 | 465 | < 0.001 |
| Length of hospital stay | 7.5 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 5.5 | 0.085 |
| Gestational week at diagnosis | 23.6 | 10.2 | 29.4 | 6.2 | 0.04 |
| Gestational week at delivery | 35.6 | 4.6 | 35.4 | 4.5 | 0.710 |
| APGAR 1 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 0.440 |
| APGAR 5 | 8.1 | 2.3 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 0.792 |
A p-value of <0.05 was set to boldface