Clinical outcome of non-crying neonates who were stimulated with cord intact versus cord clamped
| Intact cord during stimulation, n=671 (26.2%) | Cord clamped before stimulation, n=1892 (73.8%) | P value | |
| Spontaneous breathing | |||
| Yes, 1847 | 544 (81.1%) | 1303 (68.9%) | |
| No, 716 | 127 (18.9%) | 589 (31.1%) | <0.0001 |
| Bag-and-mask ventilation | |||
| No, 1829 | 550 (82.0%) | 1279 (67.6%) | |
| Yes, 734 | 121 (18.0%) | 613 (32.4%) | <0.0001 |
| Apgar Score at 1 min | |||
| 4 or more, 2214 | 598 (92.4%) | 1616 (88.3%) | |
| 3 or less, 264 | 49 (7.6%) | 215 (11.5%) | 0.001 |
| Apgar Score at 5 min | |||
| 7 or more, 2196 | 596 (92.1%) | 1597 (87.3%) | |
| 6 or less, 284 | 51 (7.9%) | 233 (12.7%) | <0.0001 |
| Birth outcome | |||
| Live born, 2513 | 654 (97.5%) | 1859 (98.3%) | |
| Stillborn, 50 | 17 (2.5%) | 33 (1.7%) | 0.198 |
| Mortality | |||
| No, 2528 | 666 (99.3%) | 1862 (98.4%) | |
| Yes, 35 | 5 (0.7%) | 30 (1.6%) | 0.123 |