Is Early Preventive Caffeine Safe and Effective in Premature Neonates? A Clinical Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of early and late caffeine groups.

Baseline characteristics	Early caffeine group ()	Late caffeine group ()	P-value
Sex, (%); Boys	19 (43.2%)	26 (56.5%)	0.206
Gestational age, weeks,			0.968
Birth weight, grams,			0.165
Apgar at 1 min, IQR	6 (1)	6 (1)	0.92
Apgar at 5 min, IQR	8 (1)	8 (1)	0.92
Mode of delivery C/S	37 (84.1%)	31 (67.4%)	0.065
Antenatal chorioamnionitis	2(4.5%)	5 (10.8%)	0.263
Antenatal steroids use	14 (46.6%)	22 (47.8%)	0.121
Surfactant use	32 (72.7%)	33 (71.7%)	0.92

SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range (); C/S: cesarean section.