Salivary Lactate Dehydrogenase in Relationship to the Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy among Newborn Infants

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the studied sample.

Variables	All patients (n = 60)	Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy		value
		Present (n = 30)	Absent (n = 30)
Gestational age (weeks)
Mean ± SD	38.15 ± 1.117	38.07 ± 0.83	38.23 ± 1.35	0.635^a
Median (range)	38 (36–41)	38 (37–39)	38 (36–41)
Gender, n (%)
Male	32 (53.3)	14 (46.7)	18 (60)	0.438^b
Female	28 (46.7)	16 (53.3)	12 (40)
Birth weight (kg), mean ± SD
Mean ± SD	2.98 ± 0.537	3.07 ± 0.45	2.90 ± 0.607	0.225^a
Median (range)	3 (2–4)	3 (2–4)	3 (2–4)
Mode of delivery, n (%)
CS	27 (45)	13 (43.3)	14 (45)	0.795^b
Vaginal	33 (55)	17 (56.7)	16 (53.3)
Apgar score, mean ± SD
Mean ± SD	6.7 ± 2.78	4.03 ± 0.89	9.37 ± 0.49	0.001^a
Median (range)	7.5 (3–10)	4 (3–6)	9 (9–10)

^aMann–Whitney test, statistical significance at .^bChi-square test, statistical significance at .