Table I.

Demographics

Characteristics	All VLBWs			ELBWs (<1000 g)
	No EVC001 (N = 301)	EVC001 (N = 182)	P value	No EVC001 (N = 125)	EVC001 (N = 75)	P value
Female sex, %	52.2	42.3	.04*	53.6	44.0	.19*
Birth weight, g, mean (range)	1045.4 (325–1490)	1048.0 (358–1498)	.97*	758.1 (325–992)	779.1 (358–999)	.38*
Gestational age at birth, wk, mean (range)	28.3 (23.3–35.1)	28.4 (23.6–34.9)	.46*	26.0 (23.3–31.7)	26.6 (23.6–34.1)	.17*
SGA status, %	15.9	14.8	.74†	19.2	16.0	.57†
Cesarean delivery, %	77.1	74.2	.47†	80.0	76.0	.51†
CHD, %‡	4.0	7.1	.13†	3.2	5.3	.71†
Antenatal steroid use, %	90.4	83.5	.03†	90.4	85.3	.28†

^*By the Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

^†By the Pearson χ² test.

^‡Nonhemodynamically significant.