Status of gastric lavage in neonates born with meconium stained amniotic fluid: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Baseline characteristics and outcome of neonates

Variables		Gastric lavage group (n = 230)	No lavage group (n = 270)	p-value
Gestational age (weeks) (mean ± SD)		37.3 ± 1.5	37.6 ± 1.3	0.080*
Birth weight (g) (mean ± SD)		2748 ± 450	2835 ± 425	0.210*
Gender	Male	125 (54.3 %)	130 (48.1 %)	0.331**
Gender	Female	105 (45.7 %)	140 (51.9 %)	0.354**
Mode of delivery	Vaginal	125 (54.3 %)	156 (57.8 %)	0.614**
Mode of delivery	LSCS	105 (45.7 %)	114 (42.2 %)	0.494**
Apgar score median (IQR) 5 min		8(7–9)	8(7–9)	0.615***
Abdominal girth (cm) mean ± SD		25 ± 0.5	24 ± 1.0	0.910*

n number of cases, LSCS lower segment caesarean section, IQR inter quartile range
*Student’s t test, **Chi-square test, *** Mann Whitney- U test

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