Sonographic evaluation of adrenal size in neonates (23 to 41 weeks of gestation)

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Correlation between corrected adrenal area index and perinatal parameters in each group

	Group 1		Group 2		Group 3
	CC	P value	CC	P value	CC	P value
Neonatal characteristics
Gestational age	−0.67	< 0.01	−0.15	0.07	0.06	0.49
Male sex	−0.31	0.05	0.08	0.33	0.06	0.49
1-min Apgar score	0.30	0.06	−0.06	0.47	−0.24	< 0.01
5-min Apgar score	−0.31	0.05	−0.11	0.18	−0.12	0.15
Low 1-min Apgar score	0.35	0.02	0.07	0.38	0.24	< 0.01
Small for gestational age	0.07	0.67	0.01	0.96	−0.08	0.31
Matemal characteristics
Maternal Preeclamsia	−0.16	0.33	−0.02	0.81	−0.05	0.56
Premature rupture of the membrane	0.12	0.45	0.13	0.10	0.10	0.21
Antenatal steroids	0.06	0.73	0.14	0.10	–	–
Tocolysis	0.16	0.29	0.07	0.39	–	–
Fetal distress	−0.02	0.89	0.21	0.01	0.21	< 0.01
Cesarean section	−0.15	0.34	0.03	0.67	0.04	0.64

Group 1: Gestational age < 30 weeks (n = 41); Group 2: gestational age 30-36 weeks (n = 154); Group 3: gestational age > 36 weeks (n = 155). Low 1-min Apgar score was defined if the Apgar score at 1 min was 6 or lower. CC, Correlation coeficient

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