Table 2. Maternal and Infant Characteristics.

	Term (n = 31)	Preterm (n = 40)	p value
Maternal age (years: mean ± SD)	31±7	29±6	0.53
Gravidity (median (IQR))	3 (2–4)	3 (1–4)	0.32
Parity (median (IQR))	1 (0–2)	2 (0–3)	0.44
Gestational age (weeks; mean ± SD)	39±1	31±3	<0.001
Birth weight (grams; mean ± SD)	3486±507	1730±667	<0.001
Gender (% male)	48.3	40	0.48
Race (%)			0.53
African American	13.8	23.1
Caucasian	44.8	46.2
Hispanic	41.4	30.7
Mode of delivery (%)			0.06
Vaginal	19.3	40
C-section	80.7	60
Prenatal use antibiotics (%)	22.6	70.7	<0.001
Prenatal use steroids (%)	0	65	<0.001
Prenatal use magnesium sulfate (%)	0	50	<0.001
APGAR score (1 minute)			0.02
Below 5 (%)	0	15
Above 5 (%)	100	75
Smoking (% yes)	12.9	35	0.03
Maternal asthma (% yes)	9.7	7.5	0.74
Histological chorioamnionitis (%)			0.15
None	83.2	53.6
Stage 1	5.6	3.6
Stage 2	5.6	17.8
Stage 3	5.6	25