. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 11.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2005 May;115(5):1299–1306. doi: 10.1542/peds.2004-1680

TABLE 3.

Neonatal Data at Study Entry According to Study Group

	Control Group (n = 47)	Monitor Group (n = 46)	P Value
Birth weight, g	734 ± 120	742 ± 132	.78
Weight of 500–750 g, n (%)	24 (51)	22 (48)	.84
Weight of 751–1000 g, n (%)	23 (49)	24 (52)
Gestational age, wk	26.0 ± 1.8	26.0 ± 2.0	.83
Male, n (%)	24 (51)	26 (56)	.68
Inborn, n (%)	44 (94)	38 (83)	.12
Multiple birth, n (%)	17 (36)	12 (26)	.37
Apgar score of ≤3 at 5 min, n (%)	5 (11)	3 (6)	.71
Hemoglobin level, g/L	147 ± 25	143 ± 29.4	.42
Plasma ferritin level, μg/L	142 (69–279) [42]	151 (79–246) [44]	.99

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD, the median (interquartile range), or the number of subjects (percentage of subjects); numbers in brackets are numbers if different from group numbers.