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Table 6 Characteristics of Amniotic Fluid, Umbilical Cord and Placenta, According to Study Group

From: Maternal and infant outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective study in Guangzhou, China

Characteristics

24 January – 31 March 2020

24 January – 31 March 2019

P Value

Amniotic fluid properties— no./total no. (%)

Normal

478/588 (81.29)

593/729 (81.34)

0.99

Meconium-stained

101/588 (17.18)

128/729 (17.56)

0.88

Bloody

9/588 (1.53)

8/729 (1.10)

0.49

Median umbilical cord length (Mean ± SD) — cm

50.31 ± 7.89 (n = 587)

50.34 ± 8.12 (n = 732)

0.77

Median Placental weight (Mean ± SD) — g

547.15 ± 90.83 (n = 589)

545.76 ± 90.91 (n = 733)

0.86

Median Amniotic fluid volume (Mean ± SD) — ml

505.44 ± 320.08 (n = 581)

509.95 ± 281.01 (n = 730)

0.17

  1. Differences between the groups were assessed with the use of the Mann–Whitney U test for umbilical cord length, placental weight and amniotic fluid volume; the use of the chi- square test for other test index