Table 1 Characteristics of study participants
1st collection | 2nd collection | |||||||||||||
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Infant number | Sex | Weeks of gestation | Delivery method | Birth weight (g) | Birth length (cm) | Cause of hospitalization | Maternal pregnancy complications | Hospitalization period (days) | Age (days) | Days after extubation | Days after NICU discharge | Infant weight (kg) | Age (days) | Infant weight (kg) |
1 | Boy | 30 | Cesarean | 1513 | 43 | Preterm, low birth weight, TTN | Threatened premature delivery | 62 | 56 | - | 0 | 2.59 | 261 | 6.92 |
2 | Boy | 30 | Vaginal | 1749 | 41 | Preterm, low birth weight, RDS | Nothing | 59 | 56 | 53 | 0 | 2.80 | 212 | 5.76 |
3 | Girl | 32 | Cesarean | 1804 | 42 | Preterm, low birth weight, RDS | Gestational diabetes mellitus | 35 | 34 | 31 | 0 | 2.44 | 229 | 7.41 |
4 | Boy | 33 | Cesarean | 2105 | 47 | Preterm, low birth weight | Threatened premature delivery | 24 | 32 | - | 8 | 2.84 | 214 | 8.13 |
5 | Boy | 34 | Vaginal | 2042 | 44 | Preterm, low birth weight | Type 2 diabetes mellitus, pregnancy-induced hypertension | 25 | 37 | - | 12 | 3.07 | 219 | 8.70 |
6 | Boy | 34 | Vaginal | 2796 | 49 | Preterm, TTN | Threatened premature delivery | 20 | 46 | - | 26 | 3.99 | 228 | 9.05 |
7 | Boy | 35 | Vaginal | 2302 | 46 | Preterm, low birth weight | Premature rupture of membrane | 19 | 47 | - | 28 | 4.07 | 220 | 8.12 |
8 | Boy | 35 | Vaginal | 2382 | 45 | Preterm | Nothing | 24 | 63 | - | 39 | 4.53 | 222 | 6.85 |
9 | Boy | 35 | Cesarean | 2718 | 50 | Preterm, hyperbilirubinemia | Premature rupture of membrane | 28 | 65 | - | 37 | 3.45 | 254 | 7.17 |
10 | Girl | 38 | Cesarean | 3210 | 48 | Hypoglycemia | GDM | 5 | 33 | - | 28 | 4.21 | 215 | 8.20 |