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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2015 Apr 21;78(2):181–189. doi: 10.1038/pr.2015.78

Table 5.

Plasma sterol levels of infants in gestational age group categories

	Very preterm (n=6)	More mature (n=30)	P-value
Sitosterol (mg/dL)	1.14 (0.01, 2.08)	1.05 (0.31, 1.41)	0.92^a
Maximum	3.5 (2.73, 4.37)	2.55 (1.91, 4.07)	0.46^a
Campesterol (mg/dL)	0.80 (0.63, 1.13)	0.62 (0.38, 0.99)	0.36^a
Maximum	3.18 (2.93, 4.23)	2.14 (1.27, 4.39)	0.23^a
Stigmasterol (mg/dL)	0.01 (0.01, 0.01)	0.01 (0.01, 0.01)	0.95^a
Maximum	0.41 (0.33, 1.73)	0.4 (0.01, 0.69)	0.56^a
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	78.02 (57.69, 129.49)	71.53 (55.2, 88.06)	0.46^a
Maximum	123.93 (104.41, 242.38)	101.66 (84.22, 136.92)	0.09^a

Data are presented as median (interquartile range).

^*

P < 0.05.

^a

Mann–Whitney (Wilcoxon rank-sum) test.