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Table 1 Perinatal characteristics of the 19 559 conscripts according to five-minute Apgar score

From: Association of Apgar score at five minutes with long-term neurologic disability and cognitive function in a prevalence study of Danish conscripts

 

Five-minute Apgar score

 
 

<7

7–9

10

Total

Number

136 (0.7%)

1143 (5.8%)

18 280 (93.5%)

19 559 (100.0%)

Mother's marital status

    

   Married

78 (57.4%)

727 (63.6%)

12 332 (67.5%)

13 137 (67.2%)

   Unmarried

58 (42.6%)

416 (36.4%)

5948 (32.5%)

6422 (32.8%)

Parity

    

   0

82 (60.3%)

570 (49.9%)

7789 (42.6%)

8441 (43.1%)

   1

29 (21.3%)

375 (32.8%)

6999 (38.3%)

7403 (37.9%)

   ≥ 2

25 (18.4%)

198 (17.3%)

3492 (19.1%)

3715 (19.0%)

Mother's age, years

    

   ≤ 20 years

14 (10.3%)

119 (10.4%)

1724 (9.4%)

1857 (9.5%)

   21–35 years

113 (83.1%)

956 (85.1%)

15 529 (85.9%)

16 598 (86.5%)

   >35

9 (6.6%)

68 (5.9%)

1027 (5.6%)

1104 (5.6%)

Gestational age, weeks

    

   <37

28 (20.6%)

132 (11.6%)

543 (3.0%)

703 (3.6%)

   37–42

74 (54.4%)

739 (64.6%)

13 260 (72.5%)

14 073 (71.9%)

   ≥ 42

14 (10.3%)

107 (9.4%)

1338 (7.3%)

1459 (7.5%)

   Missing

20 (14.7%)

165 (14.4%)

3139 (17.2%)

3324 (17.0%)

Birth weight, gram

    

   <2500

41 (30.2%)

128 (11.2%)

553 (3.0%)

722 (3.7%)

   ≥ 2500

95 (69.8%)

1002 (87.6%)

17 598 (96.3%)

18 695 (95.6%)

   Missing

0 (0.0%)

13 (1.1%)

129 (0.7%)

142 (0.7%)

SGA

18 (13.2%)

117 (10.2%)

1473 (8.1%)

1608 (8.2%)

Mode of delivery

    

   Vaginal unassisted

69 (50.7%)

681 (59.6%)

14 895 (81.5%)

15 645 (80.0%)

   Cesarean delivery

34 (25.0%)

234 (20.5%)

1728 (9.4%)

1996 (10.2%)

   Instrument delivery

33 (24.2%)

228 (19.9%)

1657 (9.1%)

1918 (9.8%)

Fetal presentation

    

   Cephalic

111 (81.6%)

1026 (89.8%)

17 183 (94%)

18 320 (93.7%)

   Breech

23 (16.9%)

105 (9.2%)

903 (4.9%)

1031 (5.3%)

   Missing

2 (1.5%)

12 (1.0%)

194 (1.1%)

208 (1.1%)