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Table 3 Neonatal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by fetal CHD compared to non-anomalous pregnancies

From: Fetal congenital heart disease - mode of delivery and obstetrical complications

Neonatal outcome

CHD

n = 105

Non-CHD

n = 511

p-value

Gestational age at delivery, week

39.1 (37.8–40.2)

39.2 (38.2–40.2)

0.49

Preterm birth < 34 gestational weeks

1 (0.9%)

4 (0.7%)

0.86

Preterm birth < 37 gestational weeks

13 (12.3%)

41 (8.%)

0.15

Neonatal gender, male

59 (56.2%)

276 (54.%)

0.68

Neonatal birthweight, grams

3126 (2837–3434)

3210 (2898–3504)

0.06

Neonatal birthweight, percentile

45 (27.5–69.5)

53 (31–75)

0.04

Meconium-stained amniotic fluid

23 (21.9%)

60 (11.7%)

< 0.01

Small for gestational age

12 (11.4%)

30 (5.8%)

0.04

Large for gestational age

5 (4.7%)

45 (8.8%)

0.16

One-minute APGAR ≤7

11 (15.4%)

15 (2.9%)

< 0.01

Five-minute APGAR ≤7

3 (6.9%)

2 (0.4%)

0.01

  1. Continuous variables are presented as median and interquartile range categorical variables are presented as n (%)
  2. CHD, congenital heart disease