Table 2 Characteristics of infants included in medical record review of POWS spike or control times.

From: Clinical correlates of a high cardiorespiratory risk score for very low birth weight infants

Characteristic

Control N = 111

POWS Spike N = 111

p-valuea

Gestational age (weeks)

26 (2.0)

26 (2.0)

>0.9

Birth weight (grams)

939 (245)

867 (233)

0.036

Male sex

61 (55%)

63 (57%)

0.8

Race

  

0.2

 Black

37 (33%)

46 (41%)

 

 White

68 (61%)

63 (57%)

 

 Other/Unknown

6 (5%)

2 (2%)

 

Age at alert (days)

20 (25)

17 (18)

0.6

  1. Values are either mean ± standard deviation or number and percentage.
  2. aP-values were calculated using Wilcoxon rank sum tests for continuous variables or chi-square goodness of fit test for proportions.
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