2-year-neurodevelopment status
Finally, we studied the neurodevelopment of the children at 2-year-age. Data is available in tables 3 and 4. Neurodevelopment status data were available for 140 children of the initial cohort: 81 from the TOL group and 59 from the PCS group. Among these infants, the rate of NDI was slightly higher in the PCS group, without reaching statistical significance [10.2% vs. 4.9%, aOR 1.53 (95% CI 0.37-6.29), p=0.26]. We also found a higher rate of severe NDI in the PCS group (3.4% vs. 0%, p=0.18).
Regarding the mode of onset of labor, we found a lower NDI rate in the induced onset group compared to spontaneous onset of labor group (0% vs. 11.8%, p=0.03), with no events of severe NDI. The rate of NDI was also lower in the induced onset of labor group compared to the PCS group (10.2% vs. 0%, p=0.03), without reaching significant differences in the appearance of severe NDI events (3.4% vs. 0%, p=0.50).