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Table 1 Correlation between the infant’s condition and the number of interventions

From: Assessing the postnatal condition: the predictive value of single items of the Apgar score

 

Interventions

At 5 min

At 10 min

Condition at 1 min

Heart rate

0.444 (0.408–0.479) #

0.384 (0.346–0.422)

Skin colour

0.213 (0.170–0.255) *

0.212 (0.169–0.255) *

Chest movement

0.515 (0.481–0.546)

0.423 (0.386–0.459)

Reflexes

0.492 (0.458–0.525)

0.414 (0.377–0.451)

Muscle tone

0.459 (0.423–0.493)

0.374 (0.355–0.412)