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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Postnatal relative adrenal insufficiency results in methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene in preterm infants: a retrospective cohort study

 

Range

Number

Mean, SE

 

Range

Number

Mean, SE

Sex

 

M = 12

 

AS

0–24

13

12, 2.43

F = 7

GA

24w3d–28w2d

 

27w2d, 2d

Gc circ

0–17.4

8

1.44, 0.91

BW

402–1226

 

825, 54.7

Gc CLD

0–38

3

2.32, 2.0

SD

− 3.95–0.17

 

− 1.36, 0.31

Opi

0–7

13

3.37, 0.58

dSD

− 2.3–0.97

 

− 0.61, 0.15

Bf

0.1–7.6

19

4.39, 0.48

Mv

1–60

19

32.4, 5.15

In

0–1.6

15

0.48, 0.10

Hc

30–84

19

57.4, 4.45

PDA

 

7

 
  1. M male, F female, GA gestational age, BW birth weight (g), SD standard deviation of body weight, dSD change in SD scores between 0 and 2 months, Mv duration of mechanical ventilation with intra-tracheal intubation between 0 and 2 months after birth (days), Hc heel cut procedure for blood examination between 0 and 2 months after birth (times), AS antenatal steroid administration (mg), Gc circ glucocorticoid administration between 0 and 2 months after birth as a treatment for circulatory collapse (mg/kg prednisolone), Gc CLD glucocorticoid administration between 0 and 2 months after birth as a treatment for or prevention of CLD (mg/kg prednisolone), Opi opioid administration between 0 and 2 months after birth (mg fentanyl), Bf breast fed volume between 0 and 1 month after birth (mL/kg) (kg was calculated by birthweight + bodyweight at 2 months/2), In indomethacin administration for PDA closure (mg/kg), PDA underwent surgery to close a patent ductus arteriosus between 0 and 2 months after birth