Table 4

Prevalence of arousal to the asphyxial test

Newborn3 month
SupineProneSupineProne
ArousalQS2/65 (3.0%)5/67 (7.5%)2/71 (2.8%)8/68 (11.8%)
Active15/76 (19.7%)10/74 (13.5%)13/55 (23.6%)26/67 (38.8%)
Statistical summary
Factor Odds ratio CI p value
Age2.03(1.16, 3.57) 0.013
Sleep state4.90(2.7, 8.94)<0.0001
Position1.57(1.03, 2.39) 0.035
  • Arousal data presented as number of tests resulting in arousal/total number of tests (percentage).