Population characteristics
| Gestational age (weeks)* | 40 (39–40) |
| Birth weight (g)* | 3360 (3030–3750) |
| Male | 10 (47.6) |
| Apgar 5'* | 9 (9–9) |
| Arterial cord pH | 7.20 (7.13–7.28) |
| Arterial cord base excess | −8.00 (minus 10–minus 4.5) |
| Growth: | |
| AGA | 18 (85.7) |
| LGA | 2 (9.5) |
| SGA | 1 (4.8) |
| Delivery: SVD | 16 (76.2) |
| Delayed cord clamping (>60 s) | 9† (47.4) |
| NICU admission | 2 (9.5) |
*For continuous variables: median (first quartile – third quartile).
†Two were unknown.
‡For categorical variables: frequency (%).
AGA, appropriate for GA; GA, gestational age; LGA, large for GA; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; SGA, small for GA; SVD, spontaneous vaginal delivery.