Table 1. Patient Characteristics.

	Patient
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Gender	Male	Male	Female	Female	Female	Male	Male	Female	Female	Male
Race	NHB	NHB	NHW	HW	HW	HW	NHW	NHW	HW	NHW
Gestational age (PMA, weeks)	26	27	26	24	25	25	26	26	24	25
Birth weight (grams)	776	835	852	605	1000	700	945	770	669	905
APGAR 1 min.	3	1	1	3	1	1	6	3	3	5
APGAR 5 min.	8	4	1	6	5	1	5	7	3	7
BPD Severity	Expired	Severe	Mild	Severe	Mild	Severe	Mod.	Severe	Mod.	Severe
Mechanical Ventilation Days	39	42	49	59	22	33	44	46	27	33
CPAP days	0	26	0	15	14	17	11	12	6	21
Oxygen days (including positive pressure support)	39	131	98	120	83	112	112	153	126	128
Discharged on oxygen	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
NICU days	39*	142	116	120	83	128	112	153	126	128
Gestational age at time of discharge, weeks	31.6*	47.3	42.6	41.1	36.7	43.3	41.9	47.7	41.9	43.3

NHB: Non-Hispanic Black, NHW: Non-Hispanic White, HW: Hispanic White, PMA: post mestrual age, BPD: bromchopulmonary dysplasia, CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure, NICU: neonatal intensive care unit,

*Expired.