Effects of Whole Body Therapeutic Hypothermia on Gastrointestinal Morbidity and Feeding Tolerance in Infants with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy

Table 1

Demographics for all subjects.

Variable	WBTH	Non-WBTH	value
General criteria group	()	()
Gender (% male)	44 (63%)	44 (56%)	0.50
Birth weight (grams)			0.04*
Gestational age (weeks)			0.02*
Maternal age (years)			0.03*
Cesarean delivery	45 (64%)	52 (67%)	0.86
5-minute APGAR score			0.29
Strict criteria group	()	()
Gender (% male)	18 (50%)	18 (56%)	0.63
Birth weight (grams)			<0.01*
Gestational age (weeks)			0.02*
Maternal age (years)			0.17
Cesarean delivery	21 (58%)	23 (72%)	0.31
5-minute APGAR score			<0.001*

*Significance defined by .