Table 2.
MOS-R <25
(n = 24) |
MOS-R 25–28, (n = 19) |
P -value | |
---|---|---|---|
Gestational age (weeks) | 27.6 ±1.52 | 27.5 ±1.50 | 0.85T |
Birth weight (g) | 1,023.2 ±216.4 | 986.6 ±279.1 | 0.63T |
Small for gestational age | 3 (12.5) | 2 (10.5) | 0.84F |
Male sex | 14 (58.3) | 8 (42.1) | 0.36F |
Multiple pregnancy | 2 (8.3) | 4 (21.1) | 0.38F |
C-section delivery | 10 (41.7) | 12 (63.2) | 0.86X |
Prenatal steroids | 15 (62.5) | 15 (78.9) | 0.24X |
Apgar score | 8 (7–8) | 8 (7–9) | 0.34U |
NICU stay (days) | 15.0 (5.0–29.0) | 16.5 (8.3–23.8) | 0.57U |
Postnatal steroids | 5 (20.8) | 3 (15.7) | 1.00F |
Mechanical ventilation (days) | 6 (1–11) | 2 (1–19) | 0.83U |
NEC | 3 (12.5) | 5 (26.3) | 0.43F |
Sepsis | 7 (29.2) | 3 (15.7) | 0.47F |
PDA | 12 (50.0) | 10 (52.6) | 1.00F |
Genes present | |||
EPO | 20 (83.3) | 18 (94.7) | 0.36F |
SLC6A3 | 19 (79.2) | 18 (94.7) | 0.21F |
TLR4 | 20 (83.3) | 16 (84.2) | 1.00F |
VEGFA | 23 (94.8) | 16 (84.2) | 0.31F |
LEP | 20 (83.3) | 16 (84.2) | 1.00F |
NR3C1 | 18 (75.0) | 17 (89.5) | 0.27F |
HSD11B2 | 14 (48.3) | 12 (63.2) | 0.75F |
Characteristics given as mean ± SD, median (P25–P75), n (%) according to their distribution.
MOS-R, Motor Optimality Score-Revised; NICU, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; NEC, Necrotizing Enterocolitis defined as Bell stage >2A; PDA, Persistent Ductus Arteriosus treated with ibuprofen or clip. Sepsis was blood culture proven. Small for gestational age was defined as a birth weight below the 10th percentile on Dutch growth charts.
Mann–Whitney U-Test,
Students T-test,
Chi-square Test,
Fisher's Exact Test.