Research Article
Urinary Intestinal Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Can Distinguish Necrotizing Enterocolitis from Sepsis in Early Stage of the Disease
Table 1
Patients’ demographics. The data are expressed as number of cases (%) or mean ± standard deviation.
| | NEC | Sepsis | Control |
| Number of infants | 24 | 16 | 12 | NEC stage II | 11 (45.8%) | — | — | NEC stage III | 13 (54.2%) | — | — | Sex, female | 7 (29.2%) | 6 (37.5%) | 6 (50.0%) | Gestational age (weeks) | 35.5 ± 3.3 | 35.9 ± 4.2 | 37.8 ± 2.7 | Birth weight (kg) | 2.4 ± 0.9 | 2.7 ± 0.9 | 3.1 ± 0.9 | Delivery by cesarean section | 14 (58.3%) | 5 (31.3%) | 6 (50.0%) | Birth asphyxia | 10 (41.7%) | 5 (31.3%) | 2 (16.7%) | Congenital heart disease | 4 (16.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | Postnatal age at disease evaluation (day) | 18.3 ± 30.5 | 19.9 ± 31.8 | 13.6 ± 11.4 |
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