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Summary of clinical and birth characteristics of the very preterm group.
| Gestational age at birth (weeks) | 30.3 (2.4) |
| Birth weight (g) | 1471 (527) |
| Days on mechanical ventilation | 10.55 (18) |
| Number of skin-breaking procedures from birth to term | 93.7 (89.8) |
| Small for gestational age | 1 (9%) |
| Singleton | 7 (64%) |
| Intraventricular Hemorrhage grade I-II | 2 (18%) |
