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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2020 Sep 23;229:294–298.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.09.056

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics (online only)

All Study Groups Randomized Infants

Overall Group A (Antibiotics) Group B (No antibiotics) Group C Randomized p-value Group C/Antibiotics Group C/No Antibiotics p-value
(n) 98 32 11 55 28 27
Male 50 (51.0) 16 (50.0) 4 (36.4) 30 (54.6) 0.54 13 (46.4) 17 (63.0) 0.21
Cesarean delivery 58 (59.8)1 19 (59.4) 3 (27.3) 36 (66.7)1 0.05 17 (63.0)1 19 (70.4) 0.56
Singleton 75 (76.5) 24 (75.0) 10 (90.9) 41 (74.6) 0.48 20 (71.4) 21 (77.8) 0.59
Gestational Age 29.1 ± 2.8 [23.1, 32.9] 28.2 ± 2.9 [23.1, 32.9] 32.1 ± 1.0 [29.3, 32.9] 29.0 ± 2.6 [23.7, 32.7] 0.0002 29.2 ± 2.5 [23.7, 32.7] 28.8 ± 2.8 [23.7, 32.7] 0.59
Weight (g) at Birth 1240 ± 479 [490, 2770] 1138 ± 446 [490, 2132] 1900 ± 417 [1110, 2770] 1167±407 [525, 2425] <0.0001 1234 ± 424 [525, 2425] 1098 ± 384 [605, 2116] 0.22
Length of stay (days) 56.4 ± 37.1 [0.0, 184.0] 64.5 ± 40.5 [0.0, 184.0] 26.5 ± 19.7 [9.0, 81.0] 57.7 ± 35.2 [1.0, 147.0] 0.01 53.9 ± 30.0 [13.0, 134.0] 61.6 ± 40.1 [1.0, 147.0] 0.42

Presented as n(%) or the mean ± standard deviation [min, max]

Chi-Square Test or ANOVA

1

n missing = 1; did not obtain consent to collect maternal data