TABLE 4.

Demographic data^a (SCH NICU, 1995)

Parameter	Subgroup of neonates with CoNS-positive blood cultures	Control group (n = 460)
Gestational age (wk)	30.9	34.0
Birth wt (g)	1,523	2,138
Total length of hospital stay (days)	52	10
Length of stay before onset of culture positivity (days)	16
Total duration of ventilation (days)	23	4
Ventilation time before onset of culture positivity (days)	5

^aP < 0.05 (Mann-Whitney test).