Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the different subgroups according to gestational age and weight of the entire study population, of the group lost to follow up at age10 years and of the children with available data on weight increase during the first three months.
From: Catch-up growth up to ten years of age in children born very preterm or with very low birth weight
Sex | Mean Gestational Age | Mean Birth-weight | Multiple Birth | Respiratory support >1 week | Intra Cranial Haemorrhage | Necrotising Entero Colitis | Mean Hospital stay | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (% males) | (wk) | (gram) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | days | |
<32 wks/AGA | 445 | 53.1 | 29.7 | 1412 | 26.7 | 27.8 | 21.7 | 4.5 | 64 |
<32 wks/SGA | 86 | 51.2 | 30.3 | 968 | 11.6 | 23.3 | 14.0 | 8.1 | 86 |
≥32 wks/SGA | 222 | 49.5 | 34.5 | 1278 | 16.7 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 59 |
Lost to follow up at age 10 years | |||||||||
243 | 49.2 | 31.1 | 1326 | 23.0 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 5.8 | 63 | |
Weight Increase at 3 months | |||||||||
<3500 gr | 257 | 45.3 | 32.1 | 1275 | 21.7 | 20.6 | 14.9 | 6.2 | 69 |
≥3500 gr | 389 | 54.6 | 30.1 | 1349 | 21.2 | 19.3 | 16.3 | 4.6 | 62 |