Table 1.

The criteria of patients

Patients’ characteristics	Case (n=8)	Controls (n=8)	P value
Age at surgery	35.7	35.5	0.875
(weeks)	(31.1-39.7)	(31-39)
Birth weight	1890	2250	0.093
(grams)	(1230-3280)	(1495-3415)
Gender			0.522
Male	6(75%)	7(87.5%)
Female	2(25%)	1(12.5%)
Mode of birth			0.131
Spontaneous	3(37.5%)	2(25%)
Caesarean	5(63.5%)	6(75%)
Intraoperative diagnosis	NEC	congenital intestinal atresia and stenosis
Sampling area	ileum	Ileum