Table 3. Subgroup analysis comparing NEC stage I to other stages of NEC.
Variables | NEC stage In=8 | NEC other stagesn=15 | P value |
Length of ICU stay (days), median (IQR) | 17 (9.5–33.3) | 31 (19–44) | 0.451 |
Length of hospital stay (days), median (IQR) | 48.5 (20.7–86.0) | 69 (40–143) | 0.097 |
Age at surgery (days), median (IQR) | 13.5 (7.2–27.2) | 18 (7–26.7) | 0.977 |
Death, n (%) | 4 (50) | 4 (26.7) | 0.210 |
ICU, intensive care unitNECnecrotising enterocolitis