The Effect of Optimally Timed Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Length of Hospital Stay in Moderate and Late Preterm Infants: Results from a RCT
Table 4
General characteristics of the study population at baseline with OMT time frame <4 days.
Study group ( = 26)
Control group ( = 29)
value
Neonatal
Males*
14 (53.9)
15 (51.7)
1.00
Gestational age (w)
34.7 (1.7)
35.0 (1.2)
0.46
Birth weight (gr.)
2402 (592)
2395 (493)
0.96
Small for gestational age*
5 (19.2)
3 (10.3)
0.48
Complications
Jaundice*
8 (30.8)
9 (31.0)
0.81
Feeding*
3 (11.5)
1 (3.4)
0.32
Esophageal reflux**
0 (0.0)
1 (3.4)
0.32
Respiratory*
6 (23.1)
8 (27.6)
0.59
Endocrine and metabolic*
9 (34.6)
10 (34.5)
0.82
DRG*
0.51
386
1 (3.9)
3 (10.3)
387
9 (34.6)
7 (24.1)
388
16 (61.5)
19 (65.5)
Maternal
Total number of women
23
27
0.57
Single gestation*
19 (82.6)
26 (96.3)
0.30
Multiple gestation*
4 (17.4)
1 (3.7)
0.18
Vaginal delivery*
7 (30.4)
10 (37.0)
0.47
C section*
16 (69.6)
17 (63.0)
0.86
Cephalic presentation*
26 (100.0)
24 (96.0)
0.78
Breech presentation**
0 (0.0)
1 (4.0)
0.32
Pregnancy
No complications*
13 (68.4)
19 (76.0)
0.29
Gestational diabetes**
2 (10.5)
2 (8.0)
1.00
Infections**
0 (0.0)
1 (4.0)
0.32
Other conditions**
3 (15.8)
3 (12.0)
1.00
Placenta abruptio**
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
1.00
PROM**
1 (5.3)
0 (0.0)
0.32
DRG: diagnosis related groups. Numbers are mean (SD). value from -test. * (%), value from Fisher’s test. Complications were classified according to ICD-9 codes. Pregnancy data were classified according to ICD-9 diagnosis codes. ** (%), value from Fisher’s exact test.
