Table 3

 Rate of pre-eclampsia, small for gestational age (SGA), and markers of infection in control infants ⩽32 weeks gestation, stratified by spontaneous and elective delivery

Spontaneous delivery (n = 168)Elective delivery (n = 118)
n%n%
Data are incomplete for six infants born by spontaneous delivery and three born by elective delivery. Percentages are based on numbers with complete data.
Pre-eclampsia alone001311
Pre-eclampsia+SGA003530
Pre-eclampsia+infection0033
Pre-eclampsia+SGA+infection001110
SGA alone32201412
SGA+infection4254
Markers of infection alone38231412
None of these markers88542017