Research Article
NT-Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Infants with Failure to Thrive due to Caloric Deprivation
Table 1
Growth characteristics.
| | Healthy infants | Caloric deprivation | Heart failure |
| | 23 | 15 | 11 | | Age (days) | 166 (35–372) | 160 (15–347) | 90 (31–344) | | Bodyweight 3% | | 13 | 4 | | Bodyweight 3%–10% | | 2 | 2 | | Bodyweight 10% | | 0 | 5 |
| | Bodyweight (g) | 7600 (4800–10000) | 4820 (2660–6700) | 4350 (2755–8370) | | Body length (cm) | 69 (58–79) | 62 (50–70) | 59 (49–75) | | Head circumference (cm) | | 40 (34–44.5) | 38 (31–48) | | Birth weight (g) | | 3100 (2130–3580) | 3180 (1910–3670) | | Gestational Age (w) | | 39 (36–41) | 39 (34–42) |
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Values are given in median range, There is no significant statistical difference between “Caloric Deprivation” and “Heart Failure”.
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