Table 2. Clinical parameters of the preterm infants.
| Intensity of exfoliation | p | |||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | >4 | ||
| Post-natal age (days) | 1.00 (0.89/6) | 18.33 (13.53/21) | 15.11 (10.00/18) | 18.00 (8.72/19) | 32.38 (9.77/8) | 0.001 |
| Age post-conceptional (days) | 30.33 (1.63/6) | 31.19 (2.29/21) | 31.17 (1.58/18) | 32.52 (2.27/19) | 32.62 (1.30/8) | 0.044 |
| Gestational age (weeks) | 30.00 (1.26/6) | 28.62 (1.94/21) | 29.06 (1.98/18) | 29.95 (1.71/19) | 28.00 (0.00/8) | 0.036 |
| Birth weight (g) | 1403.33 (386.87/6) | 1167.71 (334.73/21) | 1295.00 (394.07/18) | 1501.84 (424.06/19) | 1144.38 (143.29/8) | 0.044 |
| Weight at sampling day (g) | 1343.33 (426.95/6) | 1361.00 (368.54/20) | 1395.82 (289.55/17) | 1730.89 (604.77/19) | 1649.37 (246.60/8) | 0.043 |
| Birth weight Z-scores | −0.5478 (1.12809/6) | −1.07 (0.70132/20) | −0.8716 (0.61411/17) | −0.7217 (0.56185/19) | −0.8909 (0.29333/8) | 0.360 |
| Enteral volume (ml/day/Kg) | 33.18 (24.98/4) | 104.48 (62.69/17) | 132.93 (46.00/17) | 139.79 (47.03/17) | 160.04 (8.85/8) | 0.001 |