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Table 1 The descriptive, demographic and laboratory data of cases

From: Assessment of seasonal variation on neonatal sepsis

 

Summer cases

Winter cases

P value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Gestational age (weeks)

30.18 ± 2.488

35 ± 2.01

 < 0.001

Weight (kg)

1.2 ± 0.39

2.9 ± 0.17

 < 0.001

Length (cm)

38 ± 3.11

42.8 ± 2.3

 < 0.001

HC (cm)

30 ± 2.1

27 ± 1.8

 < 0.001

Pulse (beat/min)

140.8 ± 14.7

144 ± 14.78

0.15

Temperature (°C)

37.9 ± 3.8

39.1 ± 5.1

0.01

RR (breath/min)

35 ± 3

44 ± 3.6

 < 0.001

HB (gm/dl)

12.2 ± 2.12

7.7 ± 1.6

 < 0.001

PLT (103/ul)

162 ± 104

78 ± 23

 < 0.001

TLC(103/ul)

18.3 ± 9.22

4.3 ± 2.45

 < 0.001

Staff/segmented

0.21 ± 1.06

0.49 ± 1.9

0.37

CRP (mg/dl)

36 ± 15.3

85 ± 61.4

 < 0.001

Total bilirubin (mg/dl)

15.8 ± 3.7

20.5 ± 4.6

 < 0.001

Direct bilirubin (mg/dl)

1.5 ± 0.8

1.9 ± 0.91

0.02

TORCH

5/50

4/50

0.3

  1. Data expressed as means ± standard deviation p-values < 0.05 is significant
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