Maternal and infantile baseline characteristics
| Measure | Umbilical cord milking (n=37) | Immediate cord clamping (n=36) |
| Maternal age in years, mean (SD) | 28.9 (4.9) | 31.3 (5.3) |
| Smoking, n (%) | 11 (30) | 13 (36) |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 2 (5.4) | 10 (27) |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 6 (16.2) | 7 (19.4) |
| Pre-eclampsia, n (%) | 6 (16.2) | 5 (13.9) |
| Multiple pregnancies, n (%) | 7/30 (23) | 7/29 (24) |
| Antenatal steroids, n (%) | 37 (100) | 36 (100) |
| Magnesium sulfate, n (%) | 29 (78.4) | 31 (86) |
| Prolonged rupture of membranes >18 hours, n (%) | 11 (29.7) | 11 (30.6) |
| Clinical chorioamnionitis, n (%) | 3 (8) | 5 (13.9) |
| Vaginal deliveries, n (%) | 16 (43.2) | 12 (33.3) |
| Gestational age in weeks, mean (SD) | 27.6 (1.8) | 27.2 (2) |
| Males, n (%) | 17 (46) | 17 (47) |
| Small for gestational age, n (%) | 6 (16) | 5 (14) |