Table 1.

Clinical characteristics for the infants among the two groups

	No resection (n = 68)	Bowel resection (n = 96)	p value
Male: female	37:31	52:44	0.55
Gestational age (week), median (IQR)	33.6 (30.1–36.7)	32.9 (29.6–36.9)	0.13
Birth weight (g), median (IQR)	2492.6 (2015.6–3253.4)	2411.8 (1989.6–3186.3)	0.22
Age at diagnosis of NEC (days), median (IQR)	15 (7–46)	11 (6–28)	0.025
No enteral nutrition before diagnosis, n (%)	7 (10.3%)	11 (11.5%)	0.52
APGAR scores at 5 min, median (IQR)	10 (9–10)	9 (9–10)	0.52
Vasopressor use at enrollment, n (%)	11 (16.2%)	15 (15.6%)	0.55
Ventilator use on day of diagnosis, n (%)	6 (8.8%)	9 (9.4%)	0.57
Acidosis, n (%)	18 (26.5%)	26 (27.1%)	0.54
Bowel involvement, n (%)
Distal ileum	65 (95.6)	96 (100)	0.07
Distal ileum and colon	16 (23.5)	31 (32.3)	0.25
Extent of disease, n (%)
Multifocal NEC	9 (13.2)	32 (33.3)	0.003
Localized NEC	57 (83.8)	17 (17.7)	< 0.001
Pan intestinal NEC	2 (2.9)	47 (49.0)	< 0.001