Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the studied groups and patients subgroups.
| Variable | Patients (N = 30) |
Controls (N = 20) |
t | P | Subgroup I A (N = 22) | Subgroup I B (N = 8) | t | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gestational age (wk) Mean ± SD |
39.1 ± 0.64 | 39.2 ± 0.82 | 0.11 | 0.91 (NS) | 39.1 ± 0.61 | 39.2 ± 0.75 | 0.41 | 0.68 (NS) | |
| Age (days) Mean ± SD |
3.1 ± 1.4 |
3.0 ± 1.5 |
0.52 |
0.60 (NS) |
3.2 ± 1.5 |
3.1 ± 1.3 |
0.05* |
0.96 (NS) |
|
| No.(%) |
No.(%) |
X2 |
P |
FET |
P |
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| Sex | Male | 20 (66.7%) | 11 (55.0%) | 0.69 | 0.41 (NS) | 15 (68.2%) | 5 (62.5%) | – | 1.0 (NS) |
| Female | 10 (33.3%) | 9 (45.0%) | 7 (31.8%) | 3 (37.5%) | |||||
| Mode of delivery | NVD | 16 (53.3%) | 12 (60.0%) | 0.22 | 0.64 (NS) | ||||
| C.S | 14 (46.7%) | 8 (40.0%) | |||||||
| Birth weight (gm) Mean ± SD |
3251.6 ± 184.9 | 3179.5 ± 290.5 | 1.08 | 0.28 (NS) | 3267.7 ± 202.5 | 3207.5 ± 125.2 | 0.71 | 0.48 (NS) | |
| Weight at sample collection (gm) Mean ± SD |
2971.4 ± 175.7 | 3197.5 ± 284.4 | 3.48 | 0.001 (HS) | 3021.4 ± 173.7 | 2833.7 ± 88.97 | 3.03 | 0.002 (S) | |
| Weight loss (%) | 7.46 ± 1.18 | 11.60 ± 0.81 | 4.13 | <0.001 (HS) | |||||
| T. bilirubin (mg/dl) Mean ± SD | 17.6 ± 4.33 | 21.1 ± 1.21 | MWU test = 2.18 | 0.029 (S) | |||||
| Indirect. bilirubin (mg/dl) Mean ± SD | 14.1 ± 3.98 | 17.9 ± 3.32 | 2.14 | 0.032 (S) | |||||
NVD: Normal vaginal delivery, C.S: Caserean section.
NS: Non significant, X2 = Chisquare, SD = standard deviation, t = student-t-test, P > 0.05 = non-significant, P < 0.001 = very highly significant.