Research Article
Impact of an In-House Pediatric Surgery Unit and Human Milk Centered Enteral Nutrition on Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Table 1
Epidemiological and outcome characteristics.
| | | Center 1 | Center 2 | p-value | | (n=172) | (n=217) |
| | Gestational age (weeks as median, mean ± SD) | 27 (27.34; 2.756) | 27 (26.99; 2.75) | 0.20 | | Birth weight (gram as median, mean ± SD) | 955 (913.2; 243.6) | 830 (856.6; 271.8) | 0.03 | | Age of the mother (years as median, mean ± SD) | 29 (29.56; 6.05) | 32 (31.14; 5.91) | 0.01 | | Nicotine consumption during pregnancy (%) | 23.8 | 33.2 | 0.056 | | SGA (%) | 27.3 | 38.7 | 0.02 | | Male gender (%) | 52.3 | 47.4 | 0.35 | | Singletons (%) | 76.8 | 65.9 | 0.02 | | Prenatal steroids | 71.9 | 72.9 | 0.86 | | Amnion infection syndrome (%) | 18.4 | 18.9 | 0.99 | | IVH (grade 0-2) | 93.4 | 90.3 | 0.35 | | IVH (grade 3-4) | 6.6 | 9.7 | 0.35 | | RPM (grade 0-2) | 90.9 | 90.4 | 0.99 | | RPM (grade 3-4) | 9.2 | 9.6 | 0.99 | | Severe BPD (grade 3) | 5.1 | 4.0 | 0.79 |
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