Table 1 Characteristics of infants’ parameters at birth, admission to neonatology
department and discharge from the children hospital, M±m
Parameters of evaluation
Infants with
p
VLBW, n=92
ELBW, n=34
Birth weight, g
1253.0±13.7
840.0±24.7
< 0.001
Birth length, cm
37.4±0.3
32.1±0.6
< 0.001
Birth head circumference, cm
26.9±0.1
24.5±0.4
< 0.001
Gestational age, weeks
29.9±0.2
27.3±0.3
< 0.001
Admission weight, g
1393.8±35.2
1312.8±76.4
= 0.28
Admission length, cm
40.0±0.3
37.7±0.5
< 0.001
Admission head circumference, cm
28.1±0.2
27.4±0.4
= 0.099
Admission chronological age, days
22.3±2.2
42.18±4.3
< 0.001
Admission postmenstrual age, weeks
32.6±0.3
32.9±0.6
= 0.66
Discharge weight, g
2387.0±49.7
2480.6±85.9
= 0.34
Discharge length, cm
45.4±0.3
44.8±0.3
= 0.28
Discharge head circumference, cm
32.2±0.2
32.5±0.3
= 0.40
Discharge chronological age, days
62.2±2.5
89.7±3.3
< 0.001
Discharge postmenstrual age, weeks
38.4±0.4
39.8±0.5
= 0.03
Evaluation of body weight of infants with VLBW and ELBW from birth to
discharge. Increase of postnatal growth restriction by body weight in VLBW and
ELBW groups of infants from birth to discharge from the children hospital is presented
in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Correspondence of body weight to gestational and postmenstrual age
in infants with very and extremely low body weight at birth, admission to
neonatology departments and discharge from the children hospital
Note. * - p<0.05
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