A Retrospective Review of Neonatal Sepsis among GBS-Colonized Women Undergoing Planned Cesarean Section after Labor Onset or Rupture of Membranes

Table 1

Maternal demographic characteristics.

Demographics	GBS positive		GBS negative		value
	C-section after labor or PROM ()	C-section before labor or PROM ()	C-section after labor or PROM ()	C-section before labor or PROM ()
Age (y)^a	29.7 (6.2)	29.3 (5.6)	29.5 (6.2)	29.4 (5.3)	0.67^1
Race^b,c					<0.01^2
White	65 (37.4%)	553 (71.9%)^3	441 (40.5%)	3,029 (69.3%)^3
Black	49 (28.2%)	77 (10.0%)	273 (25.1%)	317 (7.3%)
Hispanic	39 (22.4%)	94 (12.2%)	262 (24.1%)	706 (16.2%)
Asian	13 (7.5%)	19 (2.5%)	71 (6.5%)	113 (2.6%)
Other	1 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (1.7%)	40 (0.9%)
Unknown	7 (4.0%)	24 (3.1%)	23 (2.1%)	165 (3.8%)
BMI conception^a	26.8 (7.5)	28.4 (7.4)^3	25.7 (6.6)	27.5 (7.3) ^3	<0.01^1
>1 parity^b	126 (72.4%)	626 (81.4%)^3	808 (74.3%)	3,697 (84.6%)^3	<0.01^2
Prior cesarean^b	94 (54.0%)	506 (65.8%)^3	609 (56.0%)	3,184 (72.9%)^3	<0.01^2
Gestational age^a	38.4 (1.1)	38.7 (0.9)^3	38.2 (1.1)	38.6 (0.9)^3	<0.01^1

^aContinuous variables report means (standard deviation); ^bcategorical variables report frequency (percentage); ^crace analyzed as white compared to nonwhite. ¹ANOVA analysis. ²Chi-square test. ³Significant difference within GBS status.