Table 1 Population characteristics in the different periods described by age group (Pedianet, 2012–2018).
0–3 months | p value | 4–6 months | p value | 7–24 months | p value | Overall | p value | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre | Post1 | Post2 | Pre | Post1 | Post2 | Pre | Post1 | Post2 | Pre | Post1 | Post2 | |||||
N of episodes | 270 | 58 | 126 | 331 | 61 | 142 | 349 | 88 | 156 | 950 | 207 | 424 | – | |||
Sex, N (%), male | 153 (56.7) | 38 (65.5) | 69 (54.8) | 0.3721 | 192 (58.0) | 46 (75.4) | 87 (61.3) | 0.0381 | 187 (53.6) | 37 (42.0) | 94 (60.3) | 0.0231 | 532 (56.0) | 121 (58.5) | 250 (59.0) | 0.5421 |
Age, Mean (SD), months | 2.08 (0.84) | 2.02 (0.93) | 2.06 (0.85) | 0.8792 | 4.98 (0.81) | 5.07 (0.81) | 4.96 (0.77) | 0.6862 | 11.3 (4.35) | 10.5 (3.46) | 10.4 (3.57) | 0.1383 | 6.48 (4.72) | 6.54 (4.33) | 6.11 (4.16) | 0.3163 |
Gestational age, Mean (SD), weeks | 39.1 (1.11) | 39.2 (1.14) | 39.1 (1.25) | 0.8662 | 39.1 (1.08) | 39.3 (0.85) | 39.1 (1.15) | 0.2812 | 39.2 (1.00) | 38.9 (1.16) | 39.1 (1.18) | 0.0422 | 39.1 (1.06) | 39.1 (1.08) | 39.1 (1.19) | 0.9013 |
Follow up, N (%), yes | 58 (21.5) | 8 (13.8) | 26 (20.6) | – | 47 (14.2) | 9 (14.8) | 27 (19.0) | – | 46 (13.2) | 11 (12.5) | 19 (12.2) | 151 (15.9) | 28 (13.5) | 72 (17.0) | – | |
Geographical location, N (%) | ||||||||||||||||
South (with islands) | 37 (13.7) | 11 (19.0) | 25 (19.8) | – | 34 (10.3) | 14 (23.0) | 24 (16.9) | – | 32 (9.2) | 14 (15.9) | 33 (21.2) | – | 103 (10.8) | 39 (18.6) | 82 (19.3) | – |
Centre | 73 (27.0) | 18 (31.0) | 28 (22.2) | – | 72 (21.8) | 17 (27.9) | 37 (26.1) | – | 39 (11.2) | 20 (22.7) | 25 (16.0) | – | 182 (19.2) | 55 (26.4) | 89 (21.1) | – |
North | 160 (59.3) | 29 (50.0) | 73 (57.9) | – | 225 (68.0) | 30 (49.2) | 81 (57.0) | – | 278 (79.6) | 54 (61.4) | 98 (62.8) | – | 665 (70.0) | 114 (55.0) | 252 (59.5) | – |
