Table 1 Patient characteristics

No. of subjects

1,226

345

339

415

127

Neonates:

 Gestational age, weeks ^ab

37 (34-39)

36 (32-38)

37 (35-39)

37 (35-39)

39 (37-40)

 Sex male:female ^c

686:539

192:152

190:149

229:186

75:52

 Birth weight, grams ^ac

2450 (1700-3050)

1900 (1440-2725)

2280 (1700-3000)

2700 (1900-3100)

3000 (2500-3400)

 Twin

237 (19.3)

86 (24.9)

72 (21.2)

70 (16.9)

9 (7.1)

 5-minute Apgar score ^ad

8 (6-9)

7 (5-8)

8 (6-9)

8 (7-9)

9 (8-10)

Mode of delivery: ^e

 Vaginal

908 (74.5)

264 (77.2)

234 (69.0)

305 (74.2)

105 (83.3)

 Caesarean

310 (25.5)

78 (22.8)

105 (31.0)

106 (25.8)

21 (16.7)

Birthplace

 Inborn

688 (56.1)

185 (53.6)

220 (64.9)

242 (58.3)

41 (32.2)

 Outborn

451 (36.8)

121 (35.1)

104 (30.7)

147 (35.4)

79 (62.2)

 Homebirth

87 (7.1)

39 (11.3)

15 (4.4)

26 (6.3)

7 (5.5)

 Total time from birth to admission, minutes ^af

61 (38-187)

55 (37-135)

52 (35-119)

70 (40-240)

868 (134-1580)

Diagnosis at admission:

 Asphyxia/HIE

324 (26.4)

102 (29.6)

101 (29.8)

101 (24.3)

20 (15.7)

 Prematurity/LBW

409 (33.4)

169 (49.0)

122 (36.0)

105 (25.3)

13 (10.2)

 Sepsis

32 (2.6)

1 (0.3)

7 (1.0)

4 (1.0)

20 (15.7)

 Fever

50 (4.1)

3 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

8 (1.9)

39 (30.7)

 CMs

48 (3.9)

8 (2.3)

16 (4.7)

19 (4.6)

5 (3.9)

 Wet lung

118 (9.6)

25 (7.2)

30 (8.8)

58 (14.0)

5 (3.9)

 Trauma

9 (0.7)

2 (0.6)

2 (0.6)

5 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

 Seizures

12 (1.0)

1 (0.3)

2 (0.6)

5 (1.2)

4 (3.1)

 Jaundice/ hyperbilirubinemia

22 (1.8)

1 (0.3)

6 (1.8)

11 (2.6)

4 (3.1)

 Other diagnoses

202 (16.5)

33 (9.6)

53 (15.6)

99 (23.8)

17 (13.4)

Mothers:

 Maternal age, years ^ag

23 (19-28)

23 (19-28)

23 (19-28)

23 (19-28)

23 (20-30)

 Number of previous gestations ^ah

2 (1-4)

2 (1-4)

2 (1-4)

2 (1-4)

2 (1-3)

 HIV positive mother ^g

300 (25.5)

100 (30.2)

83 (25.5)

88 (22.0)

29 (24.0)