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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Jan;45(1):95–99. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.10.020

Table 1.

Patient demographic variables and liver biopsy distributions

Number of patients 66
Males, n (%) 47 (71)
Gestational age, weeks: median (range) 32 (23–41)
Age at biopsy, months:
 median 6.1
 IQR 3.9–13.8
 range 1–240
Diagnosis: n (%)
 NEC 24 (36)
 Gastroschisis 15 (23)
 Intestinal atresia 10 (15)
 Hirschsprung’s disease 4 (6)
 Other* 13 (20)
Duration of PN therapy, months: median (IQR) 4.7 (3.0–8.4)
IV lipid dose, g/kg/day: median (range) 1.0 (0.5–3.3)
Number of biopsies 83
Number of patients with multiple biopsies, n
 Two biopsies 11
 Three biopsies 3

IQR = interquartile range, NEC = necrotizing enterocolitis

*

Other includes intestinal volvulus, pseudo-obstruction, polyarteritis nodosa, meconium ileus, mesenteric cyst, duodenal atresia or web, and ileal perforation