Correlations between maternal and neonatal serum selenium levels in full term neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Table 3 Demographic data and Apgar score of studied groups

Characters		Patients	Controls	P – value
Characters		N = 60	N = 20	P – value
Neonatal age (days)	Range	1–7	1–7	0.4
Neonatal age (days)	Mean ± SD	3.57 ± 1.960	3.15 ± 2.033
Gestational age (weeks)	Range	37–42	37–42	0.8
Gestational age (weeks)	Mean ± SD	39.08 ± 1.418	39.15 ± 1.387	0.8
Birth weight (kg)	Range	2.7–4.5	2.9–4.3	0.2
Birth weight (kg)	Mean ± SD	3.245 ± 0.1780	3.195 ± 0.1957	0.2
Sex	Male	28 (46.7 %)	8 (40 %)	0.7
Sex	Female	32 (53.3 %)	12 (60 %)	0.7
Maternal age (years)	Range	19–38	18–33	0.7
	Mean ± SD	23.5 ± 11.4	22.4 ± 10.8
Mode of delivery	Vaginal	26 (43.3 %)	8 (40 %)	0.8
Mode of delivery	CS	34 (56.7 %)	12 (60 %)	0.8
Apgar score at 1 min	Range	2–5	8–10	0.001^b
Apgar score at 1 min	Mean ± SD	3.06 ± 1.40	8 ± 0.78	0.001^b
Apgar score at 5 min	Range	3–7	8–10	0.001^b
Apgar score at 5 min	Mean ± SD	4.15 ± 1.51	9 ± 0.89	0.001^b

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