Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of 401 randomized patients

Patients with bilateral high-risk prethreshold ROP	79.1
Birth weight, mean ± SD, g	703 ± 148
Gestational age, mean ± SD, wk	25.3 ± 1.4
Male	54.4
Singleton births	71.1
Born in the study hospital	80.3
Race
White	63.8
African American	18.0
Hispanic	14.7
Other	3.5

ROP, retinopathy of prematurity.

^*Data are presented as percentage unless otherwise indicated.