Apgar score and neonatal mortality in China: an observational study from a national surveillance system

• Main Authors: Yi Mu (Author), Mingrong Li (Author), Jun Zhu (Author), Yanping Wang (Author), Aiyun Xing (Author), Zheng Liu (Author), Yanxia Xie (Author), Xiaodong Wang (Author), Juan Liang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To examine the association between the Apgar score and neonatal mortality over gestational age in China and to explore whether this association changed when Apgar scores were combined at 1 and 5 min. Methods Data for all singleton live births collected from 438 hospitals between...