A convex approach to robust regional stability analysis of a class of nonlinear state-delayed systems subject to convex-bounded parameter uncertainty is proposed. Delay-dependent conditions are developed to ensure system robust local stability and obtain an estimate of a domain of attraction of the origin inside a given polytopic region of the state-space. This approach is then extended to provide a delay-dependent solution to the problem of L-2-gain analysis. The proposed approach is based on it Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional with polynomial dependence on the system state and uncertain parameters and is formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Numerical examples illustrate the potentials of the derived results. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.