Research Article
Influence of the Umbilical Cord Insertion Site on the Optimal Individual Birth Weight Achievement
Table 4
Newborn characteristics in the two categories of umbilical cord insertion site.
| | Variables | Central
() | Peripheral
() | value |
| | Gestational age at birth in days (mean ± SD) | | 278.7 (±7.8) | 277.4 (±8.4) | ns |
| | Birth weight in grams (mean ± SD) | | 3433.7 (±376.7) | 3195 (±460.5) | <0.001 |
| | <3rd percentile | Number (%) | 5/343 (1.5%) | 15/185 (8.1%) | <0.001 | | 95% CI | [0.002–0.028] | [0.042–0.120] | | ≥3rd and <10th percentile | Number (%) | 12/343 (3.5%) | 22/185 (11.9%) | | 95% CI | [0.016–0.054] | [0.072–0.166] | | ≥10th and <90th percentile | Number (%) | 300/343 (87.5%) | 137/185 (74.1%) | | 95% CI | [0.840–0.910] | [0.678–0.804] | | ≥90th percentile | Number (%) | 26/343 (7.5%) | 11/185 (5.9%) | | 95% CI | [0.047–0.103] | [0.025–0.093] |
| | Growth restricted for gestational age (<10th percentile) | Number (%) | 17/343 (4.96%) | 37/185 (20.00%) | <0.001 | | 95% CI | [0.027–0.073] | [0.142–0.258] | | Appropriate growth for gestational age | Number (%) | 300/343 (87.46%) | 137/185 (74.05%) | | 95% CI | [0.840–0.910] | [0.677–0.804] | | Large for gestational age (≥90th percentile) | Number (%) | 26/343 (7.58%) | 11/185 (5.95%) | | 95% CI | [0.048–0.104] | [0.025–0.094] |
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