Comparison of no hypoglycaemia versus hypoglycaemic infants
| Parameter |
No hypoglycaemia, n=84 |
Hypoglycaemia group, n=38 | p Value |
| Gestational age (mean, SD) | 39.2 (1.9) | 39.0 (1.9) | 0.609 |
| Female (n, %) | 38 (45) | 14 (37) | 0.433 |
| Apgar score at 1 min (median, IQR) | 1 (1–3) | 2 (0.75–3) | 0.584* |
| Apgar score at 5 min (median, IQR) | 4 (2–5) | 4 (3–6) | 0.359* |
| Gestational diabetes (n, %) | 6 (7) | 4 (11) | 0.462 |
| Cord pH (mean, SD) | 7.0 (0.2) | 7.0 (0.2) | 0.517 |
| Cord lactate (mean, SD) | 11.0 (4.6) | 14.2 (5.3) | 0.007 |
| Cord base excess (mean, SD) | −13.7 (6.8) | −13.5 (7.3) | 0.902 |
| HIE stage on admission (n, %) | Stage 1–24 (29) Stage 2–40 (48) Stage 3–20 (24) | Stage 1–6 (16) Stage 2–23 (60) Stage 3–9 (24) | 0.351* |
| Birth weight z-scores (mean, SD) | −0.1 (1.3) | −0.1 (1.4) | 0.934 |
| Age at commencing hypothermia (min) (mean, SD) | 114.0 (159.5) | 94.4 (188.6) | 0.570 |
| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (n, %) | 50 (60) | 19 (50) | 0.333 |
| Resuscitation with epinephrine (n, %) | 25 (30) | 8 (21) | 0.746 |
| Withdrawal of care (n, %) | 19 (12) | 3 (8) | 0.753 |
*Mann-Whitney U test.
HIE, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy.