Table 1.
Main Profiles of the Study Cohort.
| SIDS | Controls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 26 | 20a | ||
| Sex (male/female) | 15/11 | 11/9 | ||
| Age (in weeks) | Range | M ± SD | Range | M ± SD |
| Postnatal age at death | 4–30 | 14.57 ± 7.1b | 8–29 | 15.5 ± 7.55 |
| Gestational age at birth | 26–41 | 35.38 ± 3.8b | 27–41c | 35.8 ± 3.39 |
| Postconceptional age at deathd | 34–70 | 49.96 ± 8.6b | 37–69 | 51.3 ± 8.7 |
| Preterm birth | 5b | 4 | ||
| Dead during sleep | 24e | 2 | ||
| Position found at death (supine/prone) | 16/10 | 14/6 | ||
| Maternal smoking (smokers/nonsmokers) | 20/6e | 2/18 | ||
| Paternal smoking (smokers/nonsmokers) | 8/18b | 3/17f | ||
Note. SIDS = sudden infant death syndrome.
a
Autopsy diagnosis: congenital heart diseases (9), severe bronchopneumonia (4), pulmonary dysplasia (3), myocarditis (2), and malaria (1).
b
Significance related to controls: ns (not significant).
c
2 missing values.
d
Gestational age + postnatal age.
e
Significance related to controls: p < .01.
f
3 missing values.