Table 2.

Growth parameters of patients in Group 1 and 2.

	Whole Sample			Gestational Age ≤ 28 Weeks			Gestational Age > 28 Weeks
Mean ± SD	Group 1 (n = 99)	Group 2 (n = 128)	p	Group 1 (n = 26)	Group 2 (n = 42)	p	Group 1 (n = 73)	Group 2 (n = 85)	p
Age at minimum weight (days)	3.8 ± 1.6	3.9 ± 1.5	0.612	3.9 ± 1.8	4.2 ± 1.7	0.517	3.8 ± 1.6	3.8 ± 1.4	0.982
% weight loss	11.4 ± 5.1	9.2 ± 8.6	0.026	13.8 ± 6.0	7.8 ± 5.5	<0.001	10.6 ± 4.5	10.0 ± 9.8	0.617
Age at recovery of birth weight (days)	11.1 ± 4.1	1.4 ± 5.1	0.287	11.5 ± 5.6	10.8 ± 6.9	0.663	11.0 ± 3.4	10.3 ± 3.9	0.230
Fall in weight z-score from
birth to 28 dol	−1.18 ± 0.41	−0.96 ± 0.66	0.003	−1.33 ± 0.59	−0.91 ± 0.94	0.055	−1.13 ± 0.32	−0.98 ± 0.46	0.023
birth to 36 weeks PMA	−1.69 ± 0.79	−1.64 ± 0.70	0.652	−2.31 ± 0.95	−2.04 ± 0.76	0.217	−1.43 ± 0.53	−1.38 ± 0.51	0.588
birth to discharge	−1.42 ± 0.77	−1.42 ± 0.79	0.951	−1.96 ± 1.04	−1.86 ± 0.99	0.692	−1.23 ± 0.55	−1.21 ± 0.56	0.793

dol: Days of life, PMA: Postmenstrual age.