Table 4.

Neonatal outcome

Characteristic	Study group – positive aPL (n=20)	Control group – negative aPL (n=35)	P value
Small for gestational age a	5 (25%)	6 (17.1%)	0.7
Apgar score ≤ 7 at 5-minute	3 (15%)	3 (8.6%)	0.7
Length of NICU hospitalization (days)	34 (16.8-57.8)	30 (19.5-76.5)	0.9
Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)	10 (50%)	13 (37.1%)	0.5
Intra-ventricular hemorrhage (IVH)	2 (10%)	5 (14.3%)	0.7
IVH 3+4	0	1 (2.9%)	1
periventricular leukomalacia (PVL)	0	0	1
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)	1 (5%)	2 (5.7%)	1
Sepsis	4 (20%)	2 (5.7%)	0.06
Seizures	0	1 (2.9%)	1
Hypoglycemia	1 (5%)	4 (11.4%)	0.6
Hyperbilirubinemia	12 (60%)	21 (60 %)	1
CPAP or mechanical ventilation	7 (35%)	12 (34.3%)	1
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)	6 (30%)	2 (5.7%)	0.02
Broncho-pulmonary disease (BPD)	1 (5%)	3 (8.6%)	1
Perinatal death	3 (15%)	1 (2.9%)	0.1

Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or means (standard deviation) for continuous variables, or as number (percent) for categorical variables.

NICU – Neonatal intensive care unit; CPAP - continuous positive airway press

^aSmall for gestational age defined as birthweight percentile below the 10^th percentile for the gestational age based on customized nomograms.