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 .

NECSepsisControl

Number of infants2098
Spontaneous NEC11 (55.0%)
Surgery-related NEC9 (45.0%)
NEC stage II11 (55.0%)
NEC stage III9 (45.0%)
Sex, male15 (75.0%)4 (44.4%)6 (75%)
Gestational age (weeks)
Birth weight (kg)
Delivery by cesarean section12 (60.0%)3 (33.3%)3 (37.5%)
Birth asphyxia8 (40.0%)3 (33.3%)0 (0.0%)
Congenital heart disease4 (20.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
Age at diagnosis (days)