Table 2:

Comparison of clinical variables between preterm neonates with CHD with pWMLs and preterm neonates without CHD

	CHD Preterm with pWMLs (n = 8)	Control Preterm (n = 27)	P Value^a
PCA, weeks, mean (SD)	38.63 (3.36)	42.61 (6.51)	.13^a
GA, weeks, mean (SD)	33.29 (1.89)	30.67 (4.62)	.156^a
PNA MRI, weeks, mean (SD)	5.35 (4.38)	11.095 (8.24)	.087^a
PCA MRI, weeks, mean (SD)	38.63 (3.36)	42.61 (6.51)	.13^a
Apgar 1 minute, median (n)	6 (6)	6 (21)	.860^c
Apgar 5 minutes, median (n)	8.5 (6)	8 (21)	.878^c
Apgar 10 minutes, median (n)	6 (2)	7 (3)	.747^c
Size for GA	33	8	.216^b
Small, %	67	84
Appropriate, %	0	8
Large, %	6	25
ISAM, % (n)	0 (5)	8.3 (24)	.763^d
Postnatal sepsis, % (n)	42.9 (7)	60.0 (25)	.706^d
Hydrocortisone for BP, % (n)	50 (6)	18.5 (27)	.271^d
Days on hydrocortisone, mean (SD)	0.5 (0.55)	1.741 (6.06)	.62^a
Inotropes, % (n)	100 (6)	46.2 (26)	.02^a
Days on dopamine, mean (SD)	4.33 (4.23)	3.81 (5.98)	.84^a

Note:—PCA indicates postconceptional age; GA, gestational age; PNA, postnatal age; ISAM, infant of substance abusing mom; BP, blood pressure.
↵a ANOVA P values ≤.005.
↵b Measurements are average left and right.
↵c Mann-Whitney for testing difference in medians.
↵d χ² for tests of homogeneity.