Demographic and clinical characteristics of 75 healthy term LGA newborns
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Male sex (%) | 39 (51%) |
| Firstborn (%) | 42 (55%) |
| Birth | |
| Spontaneous (%) | 32 (42%) |
| Vacuum extraction (%) | 23 (30%) |
| Forceps extraction (%) | 4 (5%) |
| Caesarean section | 17 (22%) |
| Mean birth weight in grams (SD) | 4262 (250) |
| >P97.7 (%) | 27 (36%) |
| P95–97.7 (%) | 25 (33%) |
| P90–95 (%) | 23 (31%) |
| Mean whole blood glucose in mmol/l (SD, range) | |
| 1 h after birth | 2.42 (1.07, 0.6–5.8) |
| 3 h after birth | 2.57 (0.62, 1.0–4.0) |
| 5 h after birth | 2.47 (0.63, 0.8–3.9) |