Clinical Study
Long-Term Persistency of Abnormal Heart Rate Variability following Long NICU Stay and Surgery at Birth
Table 2
Birth characteristics (median (25–75)).
| | | Full-term () | Full-term surgery () | Low-pain preterm () | High-pain preterm () | P Kruskal-Wallis |
| | Age at testing | 15 (11–17) | 15 (13–17) | 14 (10–17) | 16 (10–19) | 0.756 | | Gestational age (weeks) | — | 40 (39-40) | 32 (31–33) | 28 (27–31) | <0.001 | | Birth weight (g) | — | 3380 (2862–3935) | 1602.5 (1405–2081) | 1220 (920–1350) | <0.001 | | 5 min APGAR | — | 9 (9-9) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (6–9) | 0.005 | | Days under mechanical ventilation | — | 12 (3–15) | 0 (0-1) | 28 (6–44) | <0.001 | | Days spent in NICU | — | 20 (14–33) | 35 (18–46) | 77 (51–102) | <0.001 |
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