Research Article
Inflammatory and Immune Proteins in Umbilical Cord Blood: Association with Hearing Screening Test Failure in Preterm Neonates
Table 3
Neonatal characteristics and morbidities according to newborn hearing screening test results.
| | Abnormal finding on newborn hearing screening test | | | Absent () | Present () |
| | Gestational age at birth (weeks) | 30.8 ± 2.1 | 30.0 ± 2.9 | 0.448 | | Birth weight (kg) | 1.6 ± 0.4 | 1.5 ± 0.5 | 0.372 | | Male gender | 62 (55.4%) | 10 (66.7%) | 0.406 | | Apgar score < 7 | | | | | 1 min | 67 (59.8%) | 11 (73.3%) | 0.403 | | 5 min | 22 (19.6%) | 5 (33.3%) | 0.310 | | Umbilical artery pH | 7.3 ± 0.06 | 7.3 ± 0.07 | 0.671 | | CRP level > 5 mg/L in immediate postnatal period | 8 (7.1%) | 4 (26.6%) | 0.015 | | WBC count in immediate postnatal period (103 cells/mm3) | 12.9 ± 6.8 | 14.1 ± 14.7 | 0.625 | | Continuous positive airway pressure | 68 (60.7%) | 12 (80%) | 0.168 | | Mechanical ventilation | 47 (42.0%) | 9 (60.0%) | 0.186 | | Use of surfactant | 27 (24.1%) | 7 (46.7%) | 0.116 | | Proven sepsis | 4 (3.6%) | 1 (6.7%) | 0.472 | | Respiratory distress syndrome | 39 (34.8%) | 7 (46.7%) | 0.370 | | Bronchopulmonary dysplasia | 24 (21.4%) | 5 (33.3%) | 0.331 | | Intraventricular hemorrhage, grade 2 or more | 5 (4.5%) | 1 (6.7%) | 0.537 | | Periventricular leukomalacia | 9 (8.0%) | 1 (6.7%) | 1.000 | | Necrotizing enterocolitis | 6 (5.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1.000 |
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Values are given as mean ± standard deviation or n (%). CRP: C-reactive protein; WBC: white blood cell.
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