TABLE 1.

Demographics

	Infants with blood-CSF culture concordance N=437 n (%)	Infants without blood-CSF culture concordance N=8402 n (%)
Gestational age, weeks
≤25	81 (19)	1359 (16)
26–32	182 (42)	3675 (44)
33–36	49 (11)	1099 (13)
≥37	122 (28)	2235 (27)
Birth weight, g
<1000	134 (31)	2695 (32)
1000–1499	88 (20)	1765 (21)
1500–2499	79 (18)	1414 (17)
2500–3499	98 (22)	1656 (20)
≥3500	34 (8)	836 (10)
Sex
Male	236 (54)	4631 (55)
Race/ethnicity
White	205 (47)	3887 (46)
Black	100 (23)	1962 (24)
Hispanic	101 (23)	1836 (22)
Other	16 (4)	387 (5)
VP shunt
Yes	44 (10)	176 (2)