Epidemiological Study of Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Conjunctivitis in a Level III Neonatal Unit

Table 1

General characteristics of the study population.

Variable	Total of patients or mean value
Gender
Female	624 (41,8%)
Male	868 (58,2%)
Gestational age (weeks)
28	18 (1,2%)
[28–32[	85 (5,7%)
[32–34[	93 (6,2%)
[34–37[	364 (24,4%)
≥37	932 (62,5%)
Birth weight (g)
<750	12 (0,8%)
[750–1000[	14 (0,9%)
[1000–1500[	72 (4,8%)
[1500–2500[	464 (31,1%)
[2500–4000[	881 (59,1%)
≥4000	49 (3,3%)
Mode of delivery
Cesarean section	721 (48,3%)
Vaginal delivery	771 (51,7%)
Mechanical ventilation
Invasive	52 (3,5%)
Noninvasive	45 (3,0%)
Both modalities	151 (10,1%)
Phototherapy	675 (45,2%)
Parenteral nutrition	221 (14,8%)