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Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2016 Jul 7;36(10):862–869. doi: 10.1038/jp.2016.105

Table 4.

DURING THE THREE-DAY PERIOD FOLLOWING THE ONSET OF THE “RULE OUT NEC” EPISODE. Selected laboratory values, and fecal calprotectin levels following 30 episodes of “rule out NEC”.

	EVENTUAL DIAGNOSIS OF THE “RULE-OUT NEC” EPISODE
	Feeding Intolerance •Not NEC •No hematochezia (n=9)	Feeding Intolerance •Not NEC •Hematochezia (n=6)	NEC Stage II (Medical) (n=14)	NEC Stage III (Surgical)\(n=1)	P value No NEC vs NEC
Highest leukocyte count (X10³/μL)	12.1 ± 6.1	20.0 ±0.3	13.8 ±5.8	27.4	0.812
Lowest leukocyte count (X10³/μL)	10.0 ± 3.3	15.37± 3.9	13.3 ± 5.3	1.1	0.921
Highest I/T neutrophil ratio	0.05 ± 0.06	0.07 ± 0.06	0.16 ± 0.07	0.69	0.055
Lowest monocyte count (X10³/μL)	0.9 ± 0.3	2.4 ± 1.1	1.3 ± 1.1	0.3	0.331
Highest eosinophil count (X10³/μL)	0.5 ± 0.6	0.5 ± 0.4	0.8 ± 0.3	0.8	0.279
Lowest platelet count (X10³/μL)	224 + 96	311 ± 190	310 ± 51	76	0.818
Highest Calprotectin (μg/g stool)	59 ± 40	97 ± 95	526 ± 471	1342	0.0001