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Table 2 Percentile distribution of ΔpH in relation to umbilical cord arterial pH (UApH) in term pregnancies (N = 108,629)

From: Adverse neonatal outcome and veno-arterial differences in umbilical cord blood pH (ΔpH) at birth: a population-based study of 108,629 newborns

 

Number of cases

ΔpH percentiles

5%

10%

25%

Median

75%

90%

95%

Mean

Total cases

108,629

0.01

0.02

0.05

0.08

0.11

0.15

0.18

0.08

UApHa

  < 7.00

799

0.02

0.03

0.06

0.10

0.18

0.29

0.35

0.13

 7.00–7.049

1405

0.02

0.04

0.07

0.12

0.19

0.26

0.31

0.14

 7.05–7.09

3466

0.02

0.04

0.07

0.12

0.17

0.23

0.26

0.13

 7.10–7.149

8345

0.02

0.04

0.07

0.11

0.16

0.20

0.23

0.12

 7.15–7.19

15,920

0.02

0.04

0.07

0.10

0.14

0.18

0.20

0.11

  ≥ 7.20

78,694

0.01

0.02

0.04

0.07

0.10

0.13

0.15

0.07

  1. a UApH umbilical cord arterial pH