A Comparison of KL-6 and Clara Cell Protein as Markers for Predicting Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Infants

Table 4

Gestational age, birth weight, and serum KL-6 and CC16 levels of the mild and moderate/severe BPD subgroups.

	Age (d)*	Mild BPD	Moderate/severe BPD	P value
Number of patients		13	11
Gestational age, weeks		29.7 ± 1.7	28.6 ± 1.6	0.12
Birth weight, g		1188.4 ± 233.5	1049.1 ± 176.4
KL-6 (ng/mL)	7	92.0 ± 15.3	126.2 ± 15.8	<0.0001
	14	92.7 ± 13.4	105.8 ± 16.5	0.04
CC16 (pg/mL)	7	290.6 ± 103.2	286.9 ± 71.3	0.93
	14	238.8 ± 87.5	289.9 ± 79.9	0.14

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