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Table 1 Characteristics of clinical parameters, maternal data and complications in preterm and full- term infants

From: Circulating hematopoietic stem cell count is a valuable predictor of prematurity complications in preterm newborns

Parameter

Preterm infants N = 90

Full-term infants N = 52

p a

 

Mean ± SD (Median) or n (%)

Mean ± SD (Median) or n (%)

 

Gestational age at birth [wks]

33.0 ± 3.0 (34)

39.3 ± 1.2 (39)

<0.0001

Body weight at birth [g]

2145 ± 628 (2175)

3530 ± 387 (3595)

<0.0001

Male gender

56 (62%)

24 (46%)

0.079

Cesarean section

35 (39%)

7 (14%)

0.0012

Apgar score at 1 min

7.8 ± 2.1 (8)

9.3 ± 1.3 (10)

<0.0001

IVH

19 (21%)

1 (2%)

0.0009

RDS

18 (20%)

0 (0%)

0.0002

BPD

7 (8%)

0 (0%)

0.048

ROP (stage 3 or more)

6 (7%)

0 (0%)

0.086

NEC (stage II or more)

3 (3%)

0 (0%)

0.30

Suspected infection

30 (33%)

1 (2%)

<0.0001

Anemia

16 (18%)

0 (0%)

0.0006

Any complication

38 (42%)

2 (4%)

<0.0001

Antenatal steroids

16 (18%)

0 (0%)

0.0006

Pre-eclampsia

4 (4%)

0 (0%)

0.30

Diabetes mellitus

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

0.37

Chorioamnionitis

6 (7%)

0 (0%)

0.086

Premature rupture of membranes

26 (29%)

8 (15%)

0.10

  1. a Mann–Whitney test for quantitative variables and Fisher’s exact test for qualitative variables.