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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2017 Nov 3;42(1):219–224. doi: 10.1002/jpen.1034

Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics

Control PPC p value
Patients characteristics:
Number of patients 23 19
Gestational age (weeks.days) 28.4 (26.4 – 30.2) 28.3 (27.5 – 29.2) 0.87
Birth weight (grams) 1110 (790 – 1190) 1070 (720 −1220) 0.65
Male sex (%) 10 (43) 6 (32) 0.43
Number of PN days 8 (4.5 – 12.5) 8 (7.0 – 14.0) 0.42
Percentage of days with central access (%) 100 (73 – 100) 88 (70 – 100) 0.61

Values are expressed as median (interquartile), or n (%)

PN, Parenteral Nutrition