A Cross-Sectional Prospective Study of Cutaneous Lesions in Newborn

Table 3

Relationship of physiological skin lesion with sex.

Skin lesions	Males	Females	𝑍-test
Vernix caseosa	28	49	𝑃=0.0007
Physiological scaling	64	41	𝑃=0.0015
Epstein pearls	492	399	𝑃=0.0000
Hypertrichosis	194	159	𝑃=0.0084
Linea nigra	244	201	𝑃=0.0039
Genital pigmentation	113	89	𝑃=0.0169
Pigmentation of pinna	215	281	𝑃=0.0000
Knuckle pigmentation	327	252	𝑃=0.0000
Mongolian spot	467	380	𝑃=0.0000
Acrocyanosis	191	118	𝑃=0.0000

𝑃<0.05 statistically significant.