Significance of Maternal and Cord Blood Nucleated Red Blood Cell Count in Pregnancies Complicated by Preeclampsia

Table 3

Association of increased cord blood NRBC count with different neonatal outcomes studied within cases of preeclampsia group (𝑛=50).

Neonatal outcome	𝑁	Cord blood NRBC/100 WBC (mean ± SD)	𝑃 value*
IUGR
Present	17	83.0 ± 133.4	0.004
Absent	33	17.9 ± 26.8
APGAR
Good	8	50.0 ± 68.1	0.203
Low	42	38.2 ± 88.6
Need for assisted ventilation
Present	10	90.6 ± 142.7	0.008
Absent	40	27.5 ± 59.9
NICU admission
Present	21	77.6 ± 121.6	0.027
Absent	29	12.9 ± 17.0
Respiratory distress
Present	14	109.6 ± 139.4	0.002
Absent	36	13.0 ± 15.6
Neonatal death
Present	1	207.0	#
Absent	49	36.7 ± 82.5
One or more adverse outcomes
Present	26	67.3 ± 111.5	0.014
Absent	24	10.6 ± 13.1

#: number too small to apply statistical tests.
* 𝑃 value calculated by Mann-Whitney test.