Rooming-in Reduces Salivary Cortisol Level of Newborn

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of study population.

	Control group ()	Study group ()
	Partial rooming-in practice (14 hs)	Full rooming-in practice (24 hs)
Nationality	Italian	Italian
Parents’ residence	Campania	Campania
Type of delivery	Elective caesarean section	Elective caesarean section
Maternal age (yrs)	32 ± 2	33 ± 1.5
Maternal BMI	22 ± 2	20 ± 1
Parity	0	0
Gestational age (wks)	38.31 ± 0.63	38.89 ± 1
Birth weight (g)	3072 ± 406	3294.5 ± 357
Days of life at the time of sampling	3	3
Salivary cortisol levels (ng/dl)	727.4 ± 797.18	323 ± 231.8

Data are expressed as mean ± SD. BMI: body mass index.