Characteristics of the volunteers included in the study
| COVID-19 (n=60) | Prepandemic control (n=13) | P value | |
| Maternal characteristics | |||
| Age | 34.8±4.6* | 33.8±4.2 | 0.483† |
| Gestational age (weeks)‡ | 39.2 (38.1–40.6)§ | 39 (39.0–40.0) | 0.963† |
| Delivery mode, n (%)¶ | 0.306** | ||
| Vaginal | 42 (76.4) | 8 (61.5) | |
| Caesarean section | 13 (23.6) | 5 (38.5) | |
| Infant characteristics | |||
| Birth weight (g) | 3247±519†† | 3323±475.7 | 0.630† |
| Birth length (cm) | 49.8±2.4‡‡ | 50.5±1.6 | 0.296† |
| Breastfeeding status§§, n (%) | 0.756** | ||
| Exclusive | 35 (66.0) | 8 (61.5) | |
| Mixed feeding | 18 (34.0) | 5 (38.5) | |
| Gender¶¶, n (%) | 0.533** | ||
| Male | 24 (44.4) | 4 (30.8) | |
| Female | 30 (55.6) | 9 (69.2) |
*Missing data from 4 individuals.
†Unpaired t-test.
‡Values are given as median and 25th and 75th percentile.
§Missing data from 10 individuals.
¶Missing data from 5 individuals.
**Fisher’s exact test (two-sided).
††Missing data from 8 individuals.
‡‡Missing data from 14 individuals.
§§Missing data from 7 individuals.
¶¶Missing data from 6 individuals.