Table 1.
NEC N=3784 |
No NEC N=22,032 |
P | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Gestational age (weeks) | <0.001 | |||
<24 | 5 | 4 | ||
24–27 | 55 | 51 | ||
≥28 | 40 | 45 | ||
Birth weight (g) | <0.001 | |||
<750 | 31 | 28 | ||
750–999 | 33 | 30 | ||
≥1000 | 36 | 42 | ||
Male | 57 | 55 | 0.027 | |
Inborn | 76 | 80 | <0.001 | |
Cesarean section | 71 | 72 | 0.345 | |
Race/ethnicity | <0.001 | |||
White | 36 | 41 | ||
Black | 28 | 24 | ||
Hispanic | 31 | 30 | ||
Other | 5 | 5 |
NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis.