Research Article
Antioxidant Effect of Melatonin in Preterm Newborns
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of enrolled population.
| | MEL group () | Placebo group () | value |
| | Gestational age (wks) | | | NS | | Birth weight (g) | | | NS | | Gender (%) | (66) | (53) | NS | | Spontaneous delivery (%) | 5 (24) | 2 (13) | NS | | Caesarean section (%) | 16 (76) | 13 (87) | NS | | NEC (%) | 1 (4.7) | 0 | NS | | BPD (%) | 1 (4.7) | 0 | NS | | IVH (all grade) (%) | 4 (19) | 3 (20) | NS |
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F: female; NEC: necrotizing enterocolitis; BPD: bronchopulmonary dysplasia; IVH: intraventricular hemorrhage; ROP: retinopathy of premature; NS: nonsignificant . |
