Clinical and laboratory characteristics of chorioamnionitis and
risk of asphyxia related complications
The association between clinical and laboratory characteristics of
chorioamnionitis and composite neonatal asphyxia related conditions is
displayed in table 4. Neither maternal fever, first or highest leukocyte
count were associated with an increased risk of asphyxia related
complications. Likewise, there was no association between first measure
of CRP and the outcome. A highest CRP in the third tertile was
associated with an approximately doubled risk of composite asphyxia
related complications (adjusted OR 1.93 [95% CI 1.09-3.41]). Fetal
tachycardia was associated with an increased risk of asphyxia related
complications (adjusted OR 1.63 [95% CI 1.01-2.65]).