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Timing of Examinations with relationship to EGA and birth weight |
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| Greater-than-7-day group (N = 26) |
Less-or-equal-7-day group (N = 56) |
p-value |
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| N |
Mean (range) |
SD |
N |
Mean (range) |
SD |
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| Age at birth, in weeks gestation |
26 |
25.92 (24–28) |
1.47 |
55 |
25.44 (23–30) |
1.64 |
0.14 |
| Weight at birth |
26 |
782.88 (396–1278) |
231.22 |
54 |
767.39 (355–1347) |
238.7 |
0.73 |
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The examination that determines laser surgery (usually the same day or next day) may be related to age at birth or weight at birth. A trend was noted toward younger patients of less birth weight being followed more closely, but this did not reach statistical significance. | |||||||
Alme et al. BMC Ophthalmology 2008 8:23 doi:10.1186/1471-2415-8-23 |
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