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Table 1 Basic characteristics of all participants

From: Serum HMGB1 level is correlated with serum I-FABP level in neonatal patients with necrotizing enterocolitis

Variables

Stage II-III NEC, n = 106

Suspected Stage I NEC, n = 99

Healthy, n = 200

P-value*

Age at diagnosis, weeks

47.82 ± 24.29

51.98 ± 24.39

50.09 ± 23.45

0.457

Gender, female (%)

45 (43.69)

41 (41.41)

90 (45.00 %)

0.874

Gestational age, weeks

31.04 ± 4.88

32.53 ± 4.84

36.46 ± 2.82

< 0.001

Birth weight, kg

2.74 ± 0.76

2.72 ± 0.73

3.45 ± 0.62

< 0.001

1-min Apgar score

6.97 ± 1.38

7.06 ± 1.30

6.99 ± 1.46

0.894

5-min Apgar score

8.05 ± 1.37

7.87 ± 1.41

7.97 ± 1.42

0.666

Delivery mode, n (%)

   

0.836

  Vaginal delivery

64 (60.38)

62 (62.63)

117 (58.50)

 

  Caesarean delivery

42 (39.62)

37 (37.37)

83 (41.50)

 

Surgery methods, n (%)

  Laparotomy

52 (49.06)

-

-

 

  Peritoneal Drainage

54 (50.94)

-

-

 

  Mortality rate, n (%)

19 (17.94)

-

-

 
  1. *Comparisons among three or more groups were performed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), followed by Tukey’s post hoc test