Neonatal outcomes
Table 4 summarises the incidences of various neonataloutcomes. No significant differences emerged between the 13–19 and 25-year-olds to 29-year-olds as regard 5 min Apgar score of less than 7 (2.5% (n=161) vs 2.8% (n=1213)), cord blood pH below 7.05 at birth (1.9% (n=139) vs 1.5% (n=767)), resuscitation of the newborn (1% for both (n=70 vs 522)), use of a respirator (1% (n=74) vs 0.9% (n=456)) or use of antibiotics (6.6% (n=481) vs 6.8% (n=3498)).