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

Table 2

Maternal risk factors.

Risk factors	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 ()
Chronic hypertension	1 (0.6%)	17 (2.2%)	20 (1.8%)	113 (2.6%)	0.19^1
Gestational hypertension	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.3%)	16 (1.5%)	135 (3.1%)	<0.01^1
Preeclampsia & preeclampsia with severe features	6 (3.4%)	26 (3.4%)	28 (2.6%)	131 (3.0%)	0.75^2
Superimposed preeclampsia	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.4%)	17 (0.4%)	0.79^1
Eclampsia	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)
Gestational diabetes	7 (6.0%)	44 (5.8%)	18 (2.4%)	257 (6.0%)^3	<0.01^2
Preexisting diabetes	10 (5.7%)	31 (4.0%)	46 (4.2%)	115 (2.6%)^3	<0.01^2

Categorical variables report frequency (percentage). ³Significant difference within GBS status. ¹Fisher’s exact test. ²Chi-square test.