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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 599 healthy late preterm infantsa

From: Postnatal length and weight growth velocities according to Fenton reference and their associated perinatal factors in healthy late preterm infants during birth to term-corrected age: an observational study

 

Total (N = 599)

PMA at birth(week)

35.38 ± 0.75

Male, N(%)

337 (56.3)

Twin, N(%)

150 (25.0)

Primiparity, N(%)

405 (67.6)

Caesarean section, N(%)

391 (65.3)

MNR, N(%)

31 (5.2)

Maternal age(year)

30.61 ± 3.95

Paternal age(year)

32.11 ± 4.81

≥College(mother), N(%)

492 (82.1)

≥College(father), N(%)

510 (85.1)

Intrauterine growth status

 SGA, N(%)

30 (5.0)

 AGA, N(%)

546 (91.2)

 LGA, N(%)

23 (3.8)

Feeding mode

 EBF, N(%)

364 (60.8)

 PBF, N(%)

173 (28.9)

 EFF, N(%)

62 (10.4)

  1. aAbbreviations: PMA Postmenstrual age, MNR Medium nutrition risk, SGA Small-for-gestational-age, AGA Appropriate-for-gestational-age, LGA Large-for-gestational-age, EBF Exclusive breast feeding, PBF Partial breast feeding, EFF Exclusive formula feeding