Table 1.
Characteristics of the infants with outcome known and not known according to monitoring assignment
| Variable | Outcome Known Display |
Control | P1 | Outcome not known Display |
Control | P1 | Comparison P-value2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 322 | n = 306 | n = 120 | n = 136 | ||||
| Baseline variables | |||||||
| Birth weight – g.* | 746±154 | 723±152 | 0.05 | 811±140 | 779±148 | 0.07 | 0.0001 |
| Gestational age – wk.* | 26±2.1 | 26±1.9 | 0.3 | 27±2.1 | 27±2.1 | 0.11 | 0.0001 |
| Male – no. (%) | 172(53.4) | 153(50.0) | 0.42 | 59(49.2) | 57(41.9) | 0.26 | 0.08 |
| Maternal Chorioamnionitis - no. (%) | 37(11.5) | 37(12.1) | 0.9 | 10(8.3) | 17(12.5) | 0.31 | 0.64 |
| Antenatal steroids - no. (%) | 256(79.5) | 239(78.1) | 0.69 | 83(69.2) | 98(72.1) | 0.68 | 0.01 |
| Neonatal Outcomes** | |||||||
| Apgar 5 min <7 - no. (%) | 112/319(37.1) | 118/302(37.0) | 1.0 | 38(32.2) | 46(34.9) | 0.69 | 0.35 |
| Culture proven sepsis | 130/322(40.4) | 131/306(42.8) | 0.57 | 42/120(35.0) | 49/136(36.0) | 0.89 | 0.11 |
*
Plus-minus values are means ± SD.
**
Total number refers to the number of infants assessed for the outcome if different from the number in that group.