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. 2022 Feb 23;5(3):e00329. doi: 10.1002/edm2.329

TABLE 1.

General characteristics of the study population

Very Preterm (n = 77) Term (n = 43) p value
Median [IQ] Mean (SD) Median [IQ] Mean (SD)
Neonatal data
Gestational age (weeks) 29 [28 to 30] 28.9 (2.1) 39 [30 to 40] 38.9 (1.0) .001
Birth weight (SDS) 0.17 [−0.51 to 0.82] 0.12 (0.94) 0.42 [−0.06 to 1.02] 0.39 (0.71) .121
Birth length (SDS) −0.16 [−0.75 to 0.33] −0.28 (1.12) 0.62 [−0.32 to 1.26] 0.43 (1.11) .001
Anthropometric data
Age (years) 6.5 [5.6 to 7.2] 6.5 (0.9) 6.5 [5.8 to 7.8] 6.7 (1.1) .299
Height (SDS) −0.2 [−0.68 to 0.47] −0.16 (0.79) 0.09 [−0.52 to 0.79] 0.11 (1.0) .115 a
BMI (SDS) 0.63 [−0.24 to 1.35] 0.46 (1.16) 0.7 [−0.29 to 1.28] 0.62 (1.1) .440 a
Abdominal circumference (cm) 56.0 [54.0 to 61.0] 58.5 (7.1) 56.5 [53.5 to 63.0] 59.1 (7.9) .710
Abdominal circumference (percentile) 43.3 [24.5 to 67] 44.4 (25.0) 48.4 [31.9 to 80] 53.3 (29.2) .086
Abdominal circumference/height 0.49 [0.46 to 0.53] 0.49 (0.05) 0.48 [0.46 to 0.51] 0.49 (0.06) .399
Cardiovascular data
SBP (mmHg) 100 [95 to 106] 101 (7) 99 [93 to 105] 99 (7) .353 a
SBP (percentile) 72 [54 to 85] 68.8 (22.1) 67 [48 to 79] 64.1 (20.9) .185
DBP (mmHg) 59 [54 to 63] 58.7 (6.9) 60 [56 to 62] 58.8 (4.9) .854
DBP (percentile) 60 [46 to 78] 60.6 (20.8) 58 [49 to 70] 58.8 (15.9) .666 a
Heart rate per min 94 [85 to 106] 94.3 (12.6) 91 [84 to 98] 91.0 (11.7) .156 a
cIMT (mm) 0.44 [0.42 to 0.46] 0.44 (0.34) 0.44 [0.42 to 0.48] 0.44 (0.05) .801
Abdominal aorta velocity (m/s) 1.02 [0.91 to 1.14] 1.05 (0.26) 1.00 [0.82 to 1.15] 0.98 (0.19) .413

BMI, body mass index; cIMT, carotid intima‐media thickness; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SDS, standard deviation score.

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p values are from the Mann–Whitney U test or independent samples t‐test.