Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of NICU infants, overall and stratified by location of care.

From: Comparing procalcitonin and C-reactive protein levels in very low birth weight infants with sepsis

Characteristic

Overall, n = 152

JMCGH, n = 96

VUMC, n = 56

Patient birthweight (g)—mean (SD), median (IQR)

1000.4 (308.5),

980.0 (740.0, 1271.0)

1011.5 (314.6),

985.0 (768.8, 1,265.0)

981.4 (299.5),

950.0 (668.8, 1271.0)

Gestational age, weeks—mean (SD), median (IQR)

27.7 (2.6),

28.1 (25.6, 29.6)

27.9 (28.3),

28.3 (25.6, 30.1)

27.2 (2.2),

27.1 (25.4, 28.9)

Sepsis—n (%)

35 (23.0)

32 (33.3)

3 (5.4)

CRP at baseline, mg/L—mean (SD), median (IQR)

11.0 (17.5),

4.9 (1.7, 14.0)

13.2 (19.3),

7.0 (3.3, 18.0)

7.7 (13.9),

2.1 (0.8, 6.3)

PCT at baseline, ng/ml—mean (SD), median (IQR)

7.1 (16.9),

1.2 (0.4, 5.8)

9.9 (20.8),

2.6 (0.6, 7.2)

2.8 (5.7),

0.7 (0.3, 1.5)

  1. NICU neonatal intensive care unit, JMCGH Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, VUMC Vanderbilt University Medical Center, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, CRP C-reactive protein, PCT procalcitonin.
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