Table 2 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristic of the enrolled newborns and of their parents: perinatal/neonatal conditions
| Â | wGA groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | 33+0d-34+6d (No. 737) | 35+0d-37+6d (No. 767) | ≥38+0d (No. 706) | Total (No. 2210) |
Male gender | 382 (51.8) | 400 (52.2) | 368 (52.1) | 1150 (52.0) |
Caesarean delivery | 607 (82.4) | 520 (67.8) | 262 (37.1) | 1389 (62,9) |
Singleton delivery | 419 (56.9) | 552 (72) | 702 (99.4) | 1673 (75.7) |
APGAR score at five minutes <8 | 42 (5.7) | 22 (2.9) | 7 (1.0) | 71 (3.2) |
Birth weight [g (mean, SD)] | 2031 (380.9) | 2605.1 (517.1) | 3296.1 (423.6) | 2635.1 (678.1) |
Small for gestational age (SGA) | 135 (18.3) | 85 (11.1) | 19 (2.7) | 239 (10,8) |
Resuscitation after birth | 199 (27.0) | 109 (14.2) | 38 (5.4) | 346 (15.7) |
Neonatal hospitalization | 715 (97.0) | 430 (56.1) | 137 (19.4) | 1282 (58) |
Respiratory diseases | 296 (40.2) | 121 (15.8) | 23 (3.3) | 440 (19.9) |
Surfactant therapy | 48 (6.5) | 11 (1.4) | 1 (0.1) | 60 (2.7) |
Antibiotics therapy | 149 (20.2) | 47 (6.1) | 6 (0.8) | 202 (9.1) |