Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study subjects

Variable	Suspected sepsis	Blood culture		p value
		Negative	Positive
Gestation (weeks)
<37	101	24	77	<0.0001
≥37	115	92	23
Sex
Male	144	48	96	<0.0001
Female	71	67	4
Birthweight (g)
≤2,499	146	73	73	0.1448
≥2,500	70	43	27
Mode of delivery
Vaginal	187	99	88	0.6898
Caesarean	29	17	12
Place of delivery
Inborn	121	70	51	0.1728
Outborn	95	46	49