Table 2 Clinical and respiratory data of successful and failed pNEC isolations in premature infants.

From: An optimized, robust and reproducible protocol to generate well-differentiated primary nasal epithelial models from extremely premature infants

Parameter

pNEC – Success (n = 5)

pNEC – Failure (n = 8)

p- value

Gestational age (wks)

25.1 ± 0.7

25.3 ± 1.2

0.32

Birth weight (grams)

694 ± 124

664 ± 91

0.64

Age at sampling (wks)

39.2 ± 1.8

38.8 ± 1.3

0.45

Weight at sampling (grams)

3010 ± 729

3067 ± 567

0.89

BPD

1 (20%)

3 (37.5%)

1.00

respiratory support during sampling

0 (0%)

2 (25%)

0.48

Days between discontinuation of respiratory support and sampling day

29.2 ± 5.0

17.3 ± 12.8

0.09

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or as frequency (n (%)). wks = weeks; BPD = bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
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