Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical outcome data for the preterm and full-term cohorts.

Clinical Variable	Preterm (N=24)	Full-term (N=51)
Gestational age, mean (SD), weeks	28.6 (2.6)	39.5 (0.9)
Birth weight, mean (SD), grams	1156 .5 (430.2)	3371.5 (297.2)
Sex, male	14 (58.0%)	26 (51%)
Antenatal steroids	83.3%	0%
Low Apgar score at 5 minutes, ≤5	12.5%	0%
Necrotizing enterocolitis or spontaneous intestinal perforation	12.5%	0%
Sepsis, culture-positive	4.2%	0%
Retinopathy of prematurity – stage 3 or higher or with plus disease	12.5%	0%
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia¶	41.7%	0%

^¶Bronchopulmonary dysplasia was defined as any oxygen requirement at 36 weeks postmenstrual age