Table 1.

Abdominal circumference in cm. Mean value and standard deviation and median (in bracket) are given for the individual measuring points of both groups. P-values are indicated for subgroup comparison

	Baseline			24 h			48 h
	FPD	Control	p	FPD	Control	p	FPD	Control	p
Cranial	71.4 ± 1.5 (71)	71.3 ± 1.5 (71.5)	1.0	77.7 ± 4.5 (75.5)	77.2 ± 4.3 (76)	0.699	85 ± 2.1 (86)	84.8 ± 7 (83)	0.841
Central	71.2 ± 2.2 (70)	70.7 ± 1 (70)	1.0	78.1 ± 4.5 (77)	77.7 ± 4.5 (76)	0.937	87 ± 2.4 (83)	86.7 ± 8.1 (82)	0.69
Caudal	70 ± 2.8 (69)	69.6 ± 1.7 (70)	1.0	75.2 ± 3.4 (74.5)	74.8 ± 4 (73.5)	0.818	88 ± 2.1 (87)	84.4 ± 7 (87)	0.69