Research Article

Screening Retinopathy of Prematurity in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants in China and the Need for Earlier Screening Times

Table 1

Demographics of different group infants with birth weight ≤ 1000 g.

VariablesGroup A (no rop) Group B (light) Group C (severe) value

Gender, (%) male16 (16/21) (76.2%)11 (11/18) (61.1%)26 (26/38) (68.4%)
Birth weight (g), mean (SD)898.6 (102.6)936.7 (101.5)886.6 (115.3)
Gestational age (weeks), mean (SD)29.1 (2.0)28.0 (2.0)27.8 (1.4)
PMA of onset of ROP (weeks), mean (SD)36.5 (1.9)34.3 (1.7)

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of variance.
SD: standard deviation.
PMA: postmenstrual age.