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Table 7 1- and 5- min Apgar scores for completed OOH births

From: Breech birth at home: outcomes of 60 breech and 109 cephalic planned home and birth center births

OOH Apgar scores

Breech (n = 40)

Cephalic (n = 90a)

P value

1-min < 7

16 (40.0%)

7 (7.8%)

< 0.0001

5-min < 7

3 (7.5%)

3 (3.3%)

0.371

1-min average

6.3 (range 1–9)

8.0 (range 2–9)

< 0.0001

5-min average

8.4 (range 2–10)

8.9 (range 4–10)

0.0167

  1. a Apgar scores are missing for one baby in the cephalic group