Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 4 Laboratory investigations done to studied groups

From: Outcome of late preterm newborns in Upper Egypt

	Late preterm	Full term	p
HB (gm/dl)
Mean ± SD	13.7 ± 2.7	13.4 ± 1.9	0.398 (t)
WBCs (10³/mm)
Mean ± SD	8.3 ± 2.6	10.8 ± 1.2	0.031 (t)*
Platelets (10³/mm)
Mean ± SD	237.2 ± 66.4	265.5 ± 62.6	0.002 (t)*
CRP (mg/l)
Mean ± SD	7.4 ± 20.6	1.6 ± 9.2	0.026 (t)*
Ca total (mg/dl)
Mean ± SD	8.7 ± 0.5	8.9 ± 0.4	< 0.001 (t)*
Ca ionized (mg/dl)
Mean ± SD	4.8 ± 0.3	4.9 ± 0.3	< 0.001 (t)*
RBS (mg/dl)
Mean ± SD	67.3 ± 15.1	75.1 ± 10.9	< 0.001 (t)*
Total bilirubin (mg/dl)
Mean ± SD	10.6 ± 3.8	9.9 ± 2.8	0.183 (t)
Direct bilirubin (mg/dl)
Mean ± SD	0.7 ± 0.3	0.6 ± 0.3	0.890 (t)

SD standard deviation, t independent samples t test
*Significant p value < 0.05

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