Table 1.
Characteristics of 16 low birth weight infants participating in Kangaroo care
| Subject number | Sex | GA (wks) | BBW (g) | Apgar score 1 min/5 min | Acute phase illness | At the day of Kangaroo care | ||
| PCA (wks) | BW (g) | Theophylline | ||||||
| 1 | M | 28 | 1228 | 8/8 | PPHN | 34 | 1531 | Yes |
| 2 | M | 28 | 1258 | 8/9 | TTN | 33 | 1458 | Yes |
| 3 | F | 31 | 1282 | 7/9 | RDS | 34 | 1222 | No |
| 4 | F | 30 | 1538 | 7/8 | RDS | 34 | 1482 | No |
| 5 | F | 30 | 1228 | 7/8 | RDS | 36 | 1298 | No |
| 6 | F | 28 | 1140 | 6/8 | TTN | 40 | 1638 | No |
| 7 | F | 27 | 1152 | 1/6 | RDS | 36 | 1298 | No |
| 8 | M | 33 | 1586 | 7/9 | TTN | 36 | 1752 | No |
| 9 | M | 24 | 692 | 8/8 | RDS | 40 | 1064 | Yes |
| 10 | M | 25 | 756 | 5/7 | RDS | 35 | 1043 | Yes |
| 11 | M | 27 | 1272 | 2/3 | RDS | 37 | 1581 | No |
| 12 | M | 25 | 866 | 5/8 | RDS | 41 | 1858 | No |
| 13 | F | 29 | 1106 | 9/9 | RDS | 36 | 1359 | No |
| 14 | M | 26 | 982 | 9/10 | RDS | 36 | 946 | No |
| 15 | M | 25 | 772 | 6/6 | RDS | 42 | 1334 | No |
| 16 | M | 27 | 1130 | 7/9 | CLD | 36 | 1540 | No |
GA: gestational age, BBW: birth body weight, PCA: postconceptional age, BW: body weight, PPHN: persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, RDS: respiratory distress syndrome, TTN: transient tachypnea of the newborn