Association between oxidative stress and cord serum lipids in relation to delayed cord clamping in term neonates

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of both mothers and newborns in the DCC and ECC groups

Datum	DCC group	ECC group	p
Datum	n = 50	n = 50	p
Maternal characteristics
Maternal Age (years): range	20–35	20–35	0.8
Mean ± SD	26.1 ± 4.4	26 ± 4.6	0.8
Maternal Weight (kg): range	68–90	68–90	0.9
Mean ± SD	77.6 ± 6.8	77.6 ± 7.7	0.9
Parity
Nulliparous: n (%)	17 (34%)	12 (24%)	0.5
Multi-para: n (%)	33 (66%)	38 (76%)	0.5
Time of placenta separation (min.): range	3–8	3–8	0.9
Mean ± SD	5.4 ± 1.3	5.4 ± 1.6	0.9
PPH: n (%)	4 (8%)	4 (8%)	0.5
Neonatal characteristics
Neonatal weight (mg): range	2400–4000	2400–3600	0.2
Mean ± SD	3130 ± 464.8	4277.4 ± 5912.5	0.2
Incubated: n (%)	0%	0%	–

DCC Delayed cord clamping group, ECC Early cord clamping group, PPH postpartum hemorrhage
*Statistical significance at p < 0.05

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