The Use of N-Terminal-Pro-BNP in Preterm Infants

Table 2

Influence of antenatal and factors on NTpBNP levels at 12 hours (Mann Whitney U test was used to compare medians).

Grouping variable	Group	NTpBNP (pmol/L)
		Median	𝑃-value
Sex	Boy	1273	.32
	Girl	1454
Chorioamnionitis	No	1199	.07
	Yes	2248
Steroids	None	1586	.42
	Partial	840
	Full	1462
Delivery	SVD	1275	.60
	CS	1222
Inotrope use	No	1368	.83
	Yes	1269
RDS	No	815	.04
	Yes	1391