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. 2021 Jul 20;41(11):2639–2644. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01142-2

Table 1.

Infant demographics by surfactant typea.

Beractant
N = 2890 (%)
Calfactant
N = 1936 (%)
Poractant alfa
N = 2976 (%)
Total
N = 7802 (%)
GA (weeks)
   ≤25 529 (18) 740 (38) 941 (32) 2210 (28)
   26–28 748 (26) 601 (31) 755 (25) 2104 (27)
   29–32 778 (27) 410 (21) 694 (23) 1882 (24)
   33–36 835 (29) 185 (10) 586 (20) 1606 (21)
  BW (grams) n = 2889 n = 1935 n = 2975 n = 7799
   <1000 1039 (36) 1162 (60) 1478 (50) 3679 (47)
   1000–499 696 (24) 424 (22) 647 (22) 1767 (23)
   1500–2499 769 (27) 270 (14) 576 (19) 1615 (21)
   >2499 385 (13) 79 (4) 274 (9) 738 (9)
Postnatal age (days)
   3–<7 1540 (53) 537 (28) 1436 (48) 3513 (45)
   7–13 448 (16) 510 (26) 524 (18) 1482 (19)
   14–20 228 (8) 237 (12) 287 (10) 752 (10)
   >20 674 (23) 652 (34) 729 (25) 2055 (26)
  Race/ethnicity n = 2789 n = 1868 n = 2858 n = 7515
   White 1428 (51) 1007 (54) 1499 (52) 3934 (52)
   African American 595 (21) 463 (25) 627 (22) 1685 (22)
   Hispanic 678 (24) 326 (17) 598 (21) 1602 (21)
   Other 88 (3) 72 (4) 134 (5) 294 (4)
  Prenatal steroids 1699 (59) 1433 (74) 2129 (72) 5261 (67)
  PDA ligation 275 (10) 401 (21) 366 (12) 1042 (13)
  Male 1741 (60) 1113/1935 (58) 1782/2974 (60) 4636/7799 (59)
  Received ≥1 prior dose of surfactantb 821/1583 (52) 579/1019 (57) 1205/1731 (70) 2605/4333 (60)
  On-label for BW and GA 1268 (44) 1303 (67) 1661 (56) 4232 (54)

BW Birth weight, GA gestational age, PDA patent ductus arteriosus.

aInfants who were transferred in and had no documentation of prior surfactant were excluded from this analysis.

bIncludes infants with and without prior receipt of surfactant within the labeled PNA.