Research Article
Cutaneous Lesions in Iranian Neonates and Their Relationships with Maternal-Neonatal Factors: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
The frequency of cutaneous lesions seen in neonates in the first 72 hours of extrauterine life and their distribution according to gender (n) (%).
| | Skin lesion | Total number (n = 958) | Male (n = 490) | Female (n = 468) | Association with cutaneous lesions ( value) |
| | Milia | 542 (45.2) | 306 (25.5) | 236 (19.7) | 0.0004 | | Erythema toxicum | 516 (43) | 282 (23.5) | 234 (19.5) | 0.02 | | Salmon patch | 448 (37.3) | 240 (20) | 208 (17.3) | 0.17 | | Mongolian spots | 444 (37) | 252 (21) | 192 (16) | 0.001 | | Skin desquamation | 254 (21.1) | 112 (9.3) | 142 (11.8) | 0.015 | | Genital hyperpigmentation | 54 (4.5) | 50 (4.2) | 4 (0.3) | <0.01 | | Hemangiomas | 22 (1.8) | 6 (1) | 5 (0.8) | 0.06 | | Pigmented nevus | 12 (1) | 4 (0.33) | 8 (0.66) | 0.25 | | Miliaria | 8 (0.66) | 4 (0.33) | 4 (0.33) | 1 | | Pustular melanosis | 6 (0.5) | 4 (0.33) | 2 (0.16) | 0.68 | | Total number of lesions | 2311 | 1260 | 1035 | |
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