Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics between the two groups.

	Infectious group (n = 13)	Control group (n = 39)	p Value
Male/female	7/6	18/21	0.75
Gestational age (weeks)	29.7 (2.2)	29.6 (2.0)	0.86
Birth weight (g)	1232 (194)	1221 (191)	0.87
1 minute Apgar	7.2 (1.7)	7.1 (1.7)	0.80
5 minute Apgar	8.5 (1.0)	8.5 (0.8)	0.79
Outborn patients	3 (23%)	3 (8%)	0.32
Caesarean section	11 (85%)	37 (95%)	0.55
Antenatal steroids	4 (31%)	20 (51%)	0.34
Clinical chorioamnionitis	8 (61%)	9 (23%)	0.02*
Histological chorioamnionitis	10 (77%)	6 (15%)	<0.0001***

Values are mean (SD) or number (%).

*p<0.05, ***p<0.001.