Towards improved neonatal care: Developing reference intervals for biochemical parameters in umbilical cord blood: An Indian study

Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of study participants

Information		Number of subjects	Percentage
Resident of	Mumbai	185	88.2
	Outside Mumbai	25	11.8
Parity	Non–primipara	152	72.4
	Primipara	58	27.6
Obstetric history1	Abortions	40	18.9
	No abortions	170	81.1
Delivery mode	Vaginal delivery	38	18.1
	C-Section delivery2	172	81.9
Sex of neonate	Male	112	53.5
	Female	98	46.5
Weight of neonate	2.5–3.0 kg	164	78
	Above 3 kg	46	22
Maternal age	< 35 years	199	95
	> or = 35 years	11	5
Gestational age of infant	Term (38-42 weeks)	170	81
	Before term	40	19

¹Abortion history implies spontaneous abortions only.

²C-Section delivery includes only elective or planned surgeries.