Pregnancy and fetal outcomes of chronic hepatitis C mothers with viremia in China

Table 3 The fetal and infant outcomes in the two study groups

Infant characteristics at birth1 variables presented with n (%) or mean ± SD	Infants from HCV-infected mothers (n = 79)	Infants from healthy mothers (n = 115)	P value
Gestational weeks	39.1 ± 1.4	39.4 ± 1.3	0.11
Full-term birth	74/79 (93.7)	107/115 (93.0)	0.86
Meconium staining positive	8/79 (10.1)	11/115 (9.6)	> 0.99
Height at birth, cm	49.0 ± 1.6	49.4 ± 1.0	0.05
Head circumference, cm	33.1 ± 0.7	33.3 ± 0.6	0.03
Weight at birth, gms	3105.1 ± 459.4	3278.3 ± 462.0	0.006
≤ 3250 gms	49/79 (62.0)	52/115 (45.2)	0.02
< 2500 gms	7/79 (8.9)	4/115 (3.5)	0.20
Small for gestational age2	1/79 (1.3)	1/115 (0.9)	> 0.99
Birth defects	0/79 (0.0)	0/115 (0.0)	> 0.99
Apgar score < 7 at 5 min	0/79 (0.0)	0/115 (0.0)	> 0.99
HCV-Ab (+) at birth, n (%)	79/79 (100)	-	-
Detectable HCV RNA, n (%)	1/79 (1.27)	-	-

¹All cases in the study were singleton.

²Small for gestational age; defined as a birth weight below the 10^th percentile for each gestational age using sex-specific criteria.

HCV: Hepatitis C virus.