Research Article
Urinary Levels of IL-1β and GDNF in Preterm Neonates as Potential Biomarkers of Motor Development: A Prospective Study
Table 1
Mother and infant characteristics.
| | Variables | Subjects () |
| | Mothers | | Preeclampsia | 32 (80.0) | | Other causes | 8 (20.0) | | Predelivery medication | | Magnesium sulfate + glucocorticoid | 20 (50.0) | | Glucocorticoid | 17 (42.5) | | None | 3 (7.5) | | Infants | | Gestational age (weeks)# | 30 ± 1 | | Sex—n (%) | | Female | 18 (45.0) | | Male | 22 (55.0) | | Birth weight (grams)# | 1.477 ± 428 | | Apgar scores# | | 1-minute Apgar score | 7 ± 1 | | 5-minute Apgar score | 9 ± 1 | | Respiratory distress | 24 (60.0) | | Exposed to antenatal glucocorticoids | 37 (92.5) |
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#Values expressed as mean and standard deviation for continuous variables. Number of individuals and percentages for categorical variables.
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