Table 1 Perinatal and clinical characteristics of the study population (n = 13). Mean ± standard deviations (± SD), total number, and percentage (%), or median and interquartile range [IQR].

From: 3D ultrasound assessment of the central sulcus in very preterm infants: feasibility and reproducibility of opening metrics study

Variable

 

GA at birth

28.622 (± 2.965)

Birth weight

1023.118 (± 363.435)

Sex (F)

5 (38.46%)

SGA < 10

1 (7.69%)

Cesarean section

10 (76.92%)

Prenatal steroids (complete, N = 12)

10 (83.33%)

Maternal education level (N = 12)

Basic

2 (16.67%)

Medium

9 (75%)

High

1 (8.33%)

Maternal age

29.128 (± 4.755)

Apgar 5 min

7 [7–10]

Intubation in the delivery room (N = 11)

3 (27.27%)

BPD (mod-severe, N = 11)

2 (18.18%)

HSPDA (N = 12)

2 (16.67%)

Late sepsis (N = 12)

1 (8.33%)

ROP (stage 3, N = 11)

1 (9.09%)

GMH-IVH III and/or PHI

3 (23.08%)

  1. GA: Gestational age; SGA: small for GA; BPD: bronchopulmonary dysplasia; HSPDA: hemodynamically significant ductus arteriosus; ROP: retinopathy of prematurity; GMH-IVH: germinal matrix hemorrhage-intraventricular hemorrhage; PHI: parenchymal hemorrhagic infarction.
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