Table 5.
Neonatal complications.
| Features | SGA (N = 62) |
Early-FGR (N = 132) |
Late-FGR (N = 57) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access in NICU | 7 (11%) | 84 (64%) | 25 (44%) |
| ##, ^^^ | ^^^ | ||
| Days in NICU (days) | 3 (2–4) | 28 (4–52) | 4 (3–5) |
| ##, ^^ | ^^ | ||
| Jaundice | 4 (6.4%) | 51 (38.6%) | 4 (7%) |
| ###, ^^^ | |||
| Intraventricular Hemorrhage | 0 | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (1.7%) |
| Anemia | 0 | 37 (28%) | 1 (1.7%) |
| ### | |||
| Hypoglycemia | 6 (9.7%) | 17 (13%) | 9 (16%) |
| Full enteral feeding (days) | 0 | 10 (1–19) ### |
1 (0.25–1.75) |
| RDS | 1 (1.6%) | 56 (42%) | 4 (7%) |
| ###, ^^^ | |||
| Ventilatory-assistance | 2 (3.2%) | 61 (46%) ###, ^^^ |
7 (12%) |
| Apneas | 1 (1.6%) | 22 (17%) #, ^^^ |
2 (3.5%) |
| NEC | 0 | 6 (4.5%) | 0 |
| Sepsis | 0 | 11 (8.3%) | 1 (1.7%) |
| Fetal death | 0 | 1 (0.8%) | 0 |
Continuous variables are expressed as median (interquartile range). All the other features are expressed as categorical variables in frequencies and their percentage in the brackets. NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. RDS: Respiratory Distress Syndrome. NEC: Necrotizing Enterocolitis. ^^ p value < 0.01 vs. SGA; ^^^ p value < 0.001 vs. SGA. # p value < 0.05 vs. late-FGR; ## p value < 0.01 vs. late-FGR; ### p value < 0.001 vs. late-FGR.