Table 4

Pattern of injury on neonatal brain MRI and placental characteristics

		Normal		Watershed only		Basal ganglia only		Watershed and basal ganglia		Other
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	Total	λ²	p Value
Grade of neonatal encephalopathy
	1	7	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	30	10	23.47	<0.001
	2	14	37.8	4	10.8	5	13.5	5	13.5	9	24.3	37
	3	1	11.1	0	0	2	22.2	6	66.7	0	0	9
Sentinel event
	Yes	7	43.8	0	0	6	37.5	2	12.5	1	6.3	16
	No
Infection/inflammation (any indicator)
	Yes	11	39.3	1	3.6	5	17.9	7	25	4	14.3	28	4.44	Not significant
	No	11	39.4	3	10.7	2	7.1	4	14.3	8	28.6	28
Villitis
	Yes	2	25	0	0	1	12.5	1	12.5	4	50	8
	No	28	47.5	7	12	6	10.3	10	17.2	7	12	58
Funisitis
	Yes	2	66	0	0	1	33	0	0	0	0	3
	No	25	42.4	7	12	6	10.2	11	18.6	10	17	59
Haemorrhage
	Yes	6	42.9	0	0	2	14.3	2	14.3	4	28.6	14	2.16	Not significant
	No	16	38.1	4	9.5	5	11.9	9	21.4	8	19.1	42
Meconium phagocytosis
	Yes	6	35.3	2	11.8	4	23.5	2	11.8	3	17.7	17	4.14	Not significant
	No	16	41	2	5.1	3	7.7	9	23.1	9	23.1	39
Vasculitis
	Yes	7	36.8	0	0	2	10.5	4	21.1	6	31.6	19	3.59	Not significant
	No	15	40.5	4	10.8	5	13.5	7	18.9	6	16.2	37
Nucleated red blood cells
	Yes	5	21.7	2	8.7	5	21.7	5	21.7	6	26.1	23	6.34	Not significant
	No	17	51.5	2	6.1	2	6.1	6	18.2	6	18.2	33