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Table 1 Summary of patient characteristics

From: Incidental screen positive findings in a prospective cohort study in Matlab, Bangladesh: insights into expanded newborn screening for low-resource settings

 

Heel Samples

N = 520

Cord Samples

N = 1141

Sex

 Male, n(%)

258 (49.6%)

578 (50.7%)

 Female, n(%)

262 (50.4%)

563 (49.3%)

Completed weeks of gestational age, wks (SD)

39.2 (1.5)

39.0 (1.6)

 ≥ 37 weeks, n(%)

485 (93.3%)

1033 (90.5%)

 32–36 weeks, n(%)

34 (6.5%)

105 (9.2%)

 28–31 weeks, n(%)

1 (0.2%)

2 (0.2%)

 < 28 weeks, n(%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.1%)

Birthweight, g (SD)

2834.7 (429.4)

2859.5 (439.6)

 ≥ 4000 g, n(%)

3 (0.6%)

15 (1.3%)

 2500 g to < 4000 g, n(%)

422 (81.2%)

941 (82.5%)

 1500 g to < 2500 g, n(%)

91 (17.5%)

177 (15.5%)

 1000 g to < 1500 g, n(%)

4 (0.8%)

4 (0.4%)

 < 1000 g, n(%)

0 (0.00%)

3 (0.3%)

Multiple birth, n(%)

7 (1.3%)

19 (1.7%)

Newborn age at sample collection, hrs (SD)

16.2 (8.5)

0.08 (0.07)

 Term infants (SD)

16.3 (8.5)

0.08 (0.07)

 Preterm infants (SD)

16.2 (8.8)

0.08 (0.07)

 < 24 h

467 (89.8%)

1141 (100.0%)

 24–72 h

53 (10.2%)

0 (0.0%)

 > 72 h

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

  1. Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) or n (%) as indicated