The Effect of Optimally Timed Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Length of Hospital Stay in Moderate and Late Preterm Infants: Results from a RCT
Table 2
General characteristics of the study population at baseline with OMT time frame <14 days.
Study group ( = 55)
Control group ( = 55)
value
Neonatal
Males*
27 (49.1)
25 (45.5)
0.70
Gestational age (w)
33.8 (2.0)
34.3 (1.6)
0.13
Birth weight (gr.)
2144 (556)
2226 (463)
0.40
Small for gestational age*
9 (16.4)
9 (16.4)
1.00
Complications
Jaundice*
18 (32.7)
16 (29.1)
0.73
Feeding*
14 (25.5)
9 (16.4)
0.30
Esophageal reflux**
2 (3.6)
1 (1.8)
0.56
Respiratory*
12 (21.8)
7 (12.7)
0.25
Endocrine and metabolic*
12 (21.8)
18 (32.7)
0.27
DRG*
0.26
386
4 (7.3)
4 (7.3)
387
23 (41.8)
15 (27.3)
388
28 (50.9)
36 (65.4)
Maternal
Total number of women
46
51
0.61
Single gestation*
37 (80.4)
47 (92.2)
0.28
Multiple gestation*
9 (19.6)
4 (7.8)
0.17
Vaginal delivery*
11 (23.9)
24 (47.1)
0.03
C section*
35 (76.1)
27 (52.9)
0.31
Cephalic presentation*
54 (98.1)
53 (96.4)
0.92
Breech presentation**
1 (1.9)
2 (3.6)
0.56
Pregnancy
No complications*
29 (78.4)
38 (80.6)
0.27
Gestational diabetes**
4 (10.8)
3 (6.5)
0.71
Infections**
1 (2.7)
2 (4.3)
0.56
Other conditions**
0 (0.0)
2 (4.3)
0.16
Placenta abruption**
1 (2.7)
0 (0.0)
0.32
PROM**
2 (5.5)
2 (4.3)
1.00
DRG: diagnosis related groups. Numbers are mean (SD). value from -test. * (%), value from Fisher’s test. Complications were classified according to ICD-9 codes. Pregnancy data were classified according to ICD-9 diagnosis codes. ** (%), value from Fisher’s exact test.
