. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 6.

Published in final edited form as: Neonatology. 2009 Mar 12;96(2):109–114. doi: 10.1159/000208792

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the study population

	No sepsis (n = 38)	Sepsis (n = 10)
GA at birth, weeks	28.7 (26.5, 30)	29.2 (26.5, 29.8)
Gender, M/F	24/14	7/3
Postmenstrual age, weeks	30.3 (29.3, 31.9)	30 (29.6, 30.8)
Chronological age, days	13 (7, 17.5)	9.95 (5, 22)
Weight, g	1,210 (1,070, 1,410)	1,064 (850, 1,280)
Caffeine, n	14/24	4/6
nCPAP, n	21/17	8/2
Hematocrit, %	38.7 (35, 44.6)	38 (33.9, 43.6)

Results are presented as the median (25%, 75%). GA = Gestational age; nCPAP = nasal continuous positive airway pressure. The Mann-Whitney U test and Fisher’s exact test were used where appropriate.