Table 1 Perinatal and neonatal characteristics of the study population

Gestational age at birth, weeks (Median ± IQR)

28.5 (3)

29 (2)

0.218

Birth weight, g (Median ± IQR)

1110 (580)

1240 (614)

0.243

BW percentile, (Median ± IQR)

47.5 (44)

45 (41)

0.868

SGA, <10^th percentile

5 (7.4%)

14 (16.5)

0.089

Male gender

34 (50%)

40 (47.1%)

0.718

Antenatal steroids

58 (85.3%)

70 (82.3%)

0.352

Chorioamnionitis

11 (16.2%)

8 (9.4%)

0.207

Pre eclampsia

14 (20.6%)

22 (25.9%)

0.443

Outborn

3 (4.4%)

5 (5.9%)

0.685

SVD

18 (26.5%)

31 (36.5%)

0.188

Apgar <7 at 5 min

12 (17.6%)

11 (12.9%)

0.418