Table 1.

Characteristics of patients and steroid courses.

Patient characteristics (n = 67)
	Median (25th %ile, 75th %ile)
Gestational age at birth (weeks)	25 (24, 27)
Birth weight (grams)	700 (610, 888)
Characteristics of steroid exposure for each patient (n = 67)
Day of life at start of first steroid course	17 (5, 29.5)
Postmenstrual age at start of first steroid course (weeks)	28 (26, 31)
Postmenstrual age at first cortisol level (weeks)	41 (34, 39)
Total number of days of steroid exposure	70 (40, 136)
Total cumulative steroid dose (in mg/m2 hydrocortisone equivalent)	2115 (620, 4430)
Days of extra steroids received due to low cortisol level or levels	25 (13, 43)