TABLE 1.
Very Preterm (n = 77) | Term (n = 43) | p value | |||
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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.
p values are from the Mann–Whitney U test or independent samples t‐test.