Research Article
Urinary I-FABP, L-FABP, TFF-3, and SAA Can Diagnose and Predict the Disease Course in Necrotizing Enterocolitis at the Early Stage of Disease
Table 1
Patient’s demographics. The data are expressed as number of cases (%) or
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| | NEC | Sepsis | Control |
| Number of infants | 20 | 9 | 8 | Spontaneous NEC | 11 (55.0%) | — | — | Surgery-related NEC | 9 (45.0%) | — | — | NEC stage II | 11 (55.0%) | — | — | NEC stage III | 9 (45.0%) | — | — | Sex, male | 15 (75.0%) | 4 (44.4%) | 6 (75%) | Gestational age (weeks) | | | | Birth weight (kg) | | | | Delivery by cesarean section | 12 (60.0%) | 3 (33.3%) | 3 (37.5%) | Birth asphyxia | 8 (40.0%) | 3 (33.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | Congenital heart disease | 4 (20.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | Age at diagnosis (days) | | | |
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