Table 2.

Microcirculatory data of the term and preterm group at the first measurement.

	Term infants (n = 30)	Preterm infants (n = 20)	p-value*
FVD in mm/mm2	16.4 (0.2)	17.6 (2.7)	p = 0.046
VS in %	25.9 (2.1)	22.3 (3.6)	p < 0.0001
Diameter Small in %	48.5 (9.9)	68.3 (14.1)	p< 0.0001
Diameter Medium in %	45.2 (7.2)	30.4 (13.6)	p< 0.0001
Diameter Large in %	6.3 (4.2)	1.3 (0.9)	p< 0.0001
MFI	2.5 (0.6)	2.9 (0.4)	p= 0.006
HI MFI	0.32 (0.3)	0.18 (0.13)	p = 0.0858

Data are presented as mean and SD.

^*Two sample t-test with equal variances, statistically significant results are displayed in bold.