Table 1.

Sample characteristics of the study participants according to gestational age (GA) and presence of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Cases with severe neurological impairment were not included in the study.

	Control (n = 8)	EP (n = 22)	IUGR (n = 11)	IUGR + EP (n = 10)
Gender (male/female)	3/5	9/13	5/6	7/3
GA [weeks]	32 (2.5)	26.7 (1)	32.5 (1.5)	26.7 (0.8)
BW [g]	1652.5 (402.4)	960.9 (193.5)	1181.8 (260.5)	657 (117.3)
BW z-score	− 0.3 (0.8)	0.3 (1)	− 2.1 (0.4)	− 1.5 (0.7)

Data is presented as mean (standard deviation) for continuous variables and count for categorical variables.