Table 1.
Demographic data of neonates in derivation (2010) and validation (2017–2019) part of the study.
| Characteristics | Derivation Study n = 120 |
Validation Study n = 145 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC * (+) = 63 | BC (−) = 57 | Total = 120 | BC (+) = 94 | BC (−) = 51 | Total = 145 | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 40 | 30 | 70 (58.33%) | 56 | 28 | 84 (57.93%) |
| Female | 23 | 27 | 50 (41.66%) | 38 | 23 | 61 (42.06%) |
| Gestational age | ||||||
| Term (≥37 w) | 18 | 29 | 47 (39.16%) | 24 | 5 | 29 (20%) |
| Preterm (37 w) | 45 | 28 | 73 (60.83%) | 70 | 46 | 116 (80%) |
| Extremely preterm (<28 w) | 11 | 0 | 11 (9.16%) | 4 | 9 | 13 (8.96%) |
| Very preterm (28–32 w) | 13 | 7 | 20 (16.66%) | 22 | 9 | 31 (21.37%) |
| Late preterm | 21 | 21 | 42 (35%) | 44 | 28 | 72 (49.65%) |
| (32 w<preterm<37 w) | ||||||
| Birth weight | ||||||
| ≥2500 g | 23 | 43 | 66 (55%) | 28 | 9 | 37 (25.51%) |
| LBW ** (<2500 g) | 40 | 14 | 54 (45%) | 66 | 42 | 108 (74.48%) |
| Extremely LBW (<1000 g) | 10 | 0 | 10 (8.33%) | 8 | 5 | 13 (8.96%) |
| Very LBW (1000–1500 g) | 7 | 2 | 9 (7.5%) | 14 | 17 | 31 (21.37%) |
| LBW (1500–2500 g) | 23 | 12 | 35 (29.16%) | 44 | 20 | 64 (44.13%) |
* BC = Blood Culture, ** LBW = Low Birth Weight.