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Table 2 Characteristics of sample population

From: Growth of extremely low birth weight infants at a tertiary hospital in a middle-income country

 

N = 92

Baseline characteristics

 Females, frequency (percentage)

47 (51.1%)

 Birth weight in grams, mean (SD)

867 (81.4)

 Birth weight Z -score, mean (SD)

0.4 (1.1)

 Gestational age at delivery in weeks, mean (SD)

27.6 (2.0)

 Duration of hospital stay in days, mean (SD)

69.1 (17.1)

 Postmenstrual age at discharge in weeks, mean (SD)

36.7 (2.7)

 Kangaroo care, frequency (percentage)

46 (50.0%)

 Predominantly breastfed at discharge

49 (52.3%)

Prenatal factors

 Chorioamnionitis, frequency (percentage)

2 (2.2%)

 Antenatal steroids, frequency (percentage)

51 (55.4%)

Postnatal complications

 Patent dictus arteriosus, frequency (percentage)

13 (14.1%)

 Sepsis after day 3 of life, frequency (percentage)

53 (57.6%)

 Invasive ventilation, frequency (percentage)

17 (18.5%)

 Continuous positive airway pressure for more than 2 days, frequency (percentage)

29 (31.5%)

 Nil per os (excluding the first day of life), frequency (percentage)

61 (66.3%)

 Retinopathy of prematurity, frequency (percentage)

79 (85.7%)

 Oxygen on day 28 of life, frequency (percentage)

68 (73.9%)

 Postnatal steroids, frequency (percentage)

49 (53.3%)

 Necrotizing enterocolitis

7 (7.6%)

 Surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis, frequency (percentage)

1 (1.1%)

 Other surgery

4 (4.3%)