Adverse Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes of Meconium-Stained Amniotic Fluid in Term Labor at Hospitals in South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 4

Fetal and neonatal outcomes of laboring mothers with MSAF and CAF.

Characteristics	MSAF (); (%)	CAF (); (%)	RR with 95% CI	value
Intrapartum stillbirth	3 (2.1%)	9 (2.1%)	1 (0.27, 3.64)	1.0
Nonreassuring fetal heart rate pattern	43 (29.7%)	9 (2.1%)	1.39 (1.25, 1.54)	<0.001
5th minute Apgar score <7	33 (22.8%)	8 (1.8%)	1.27 (1.16, 1.39)	<0.001
Perinatal asphyxia	33 (22.8%)	8 (1.8%)	1.27 (1.16, 1.39)	<0.001
MAS	11 (7.58%)	3 (0.68%)	11 (3.11, 38.8)	<0.001
END	7 (4.8%)	6 (1.4%)	3.5 (1.19, 10.24)	0.015
Neonatal sepsis	13 (9%)	18 (4.1%)	2.16 (1.08, 4.31)	0.025
Admission to NICU	34 (23.4%)	14 (3.2%)	7.2 (4.02, 13.18)	<0.001

Fisher’s exact value for small size values.