Table 1 Baseline characteristics of subjects.

From: Intestinal metabolomics in premature infants with late-onset sepsis

Baseline characteristic

LOS group

(n = 18)

Control group (n = 42)

P value (Bilateral)

Maternal

 Age (years)

31.5 (4.8)

33.0 (6.0)

0.445∆

 Cesarean section (%)

9 (50.0)

21 (50.0)

1.000

 Gestational hypertension (%)

3 (16.7)

7 (16.7)

1.000

 GDM (%)

4 (22.2)

4 (9.5)

0.362

 PROM > 18 h (%)

8 (44.4)

17 (40.5)

0.775

 HCA (%)

6 (33.3)

10 (23.8)

0.656

 ACS (%)

17 (94.4)

35 (83.3)

0.456

Neonatal

 Male (%)

9 (50.0)

24 (57.1)

0.610

 GA (w)

29.2 (1.9)

30.2 (1.6)

0.057∆

 BW (g)

1407.5 (371.3)

1430.0 (475.0)

0.528∆

 Enteral feeding in 24 h (%)

18 (100.0)

39 (92.9)

0.605

 Pulmonary surfactant (%)

3 (16.7)

11 (40.5)

0.073

 Invasive mechanical ventilation time (d)

7.5 (10.5)

2.0 (9.3)

0.215∆

 Oral probiotics (%)

3 (16.7)

4 (9.5)

0.736

 Blood transfusion (%)

11 (61.1)

30 (71.4)

0.431

  1. GDM gestational diabetes mellitus, PROM premature rupture of membrane, HCA histologic chorioamnionitis, ACS antenatal corticosteroids, GA Gestational age, BW birth weight, ∆ Presents the Mann–Whitney U test results, and others present chi-square test results.
  2. p < 0.05 indicates statistically significant differences between groups.