Cacciariet al
17 1983 | Total 41 299 | Days 1–15 | Peak 13 pg/disk | Infant maturity and day of collection affect values |
preterm 3935 | range 13–5 pg/disk |
Wallace et al
9 1985 | 376 (direct method) | Second week after birth | Direct: median 31 nmol/l | Results were lower in extraction assay |
118 (extraction method) | extraction: median 13.5 range 0–75 nmol/l |
Berry et al
12 1986 | 32 | Days 3,8,14 | Peak 130 nmol/l (day=3) | Upper limit: term infants—20 nmol/l |
range 20–80 nmol/l | preterm—200 nmol/l |
Laressonet al
10 1988 | Total 22 400 | After 72 h (medain 5 days) | n=201–>100 nmol/l | Correlation with gestational age |
(preterm + full term) | n=13–>400 nmol/l |
Thompson et al
3 1989 | 89 (<2500 g) | Days 1–24 | n=11–>30 nmol/l | Day of collection did not influence results |
Lee et al
111989 | 22 (13 healthy, 9 sick) | Days 2–5 | Healthy 28.5 (6.2) nmol/l | Concentrations are higher in sick preterm infants |
mean (SD) sick 42.2 (7.2) nmol/l |
Knudtzonet al
17 1991 | 26 | Days 3–17 (mean 7.7) | Mean (SD) 53.3 (6.3) nmol/l | Negative correlation with gestational age and birth weight |
Ohkuboet al
131992 | 836 | Days 3 to 96 | <29 w—2.0 (1.39) nmol/l | ELISA |
30–34 w—1.3 (0.85) nmol/l |
35–36 w—0.82 (0.85) nmol/l |
(log values) |
Hingreet al
18 1994 | 25 (<1250 g) | Day 4 | Mean (SD)=11.4 (11.1) nmol/l | High concentrations in very low birthweight infants |
Al Saediet al
4 1995 | 39 healthy <31 weeks | Once a week until age 37 weeks | Mean (SD)=11.4 (11.1) nmol/l | Predicted 17OHP concentrations: |
range 1.4–82.5 nmol/l | 9.4–13—initial |
5.2–5.3—35 to 56 days of age |
Allen et al
151997 | 149 684 | At time of discharge | Multitiered reporting scheme: | Weight adjusted criteria reduced the false positive results without diminishing sensitivity |
1299 g—499.3 nmol/l |
1300–1699 g—408.5 nmol/l |
1700–2200 g—272.3 nmol/l |
>2200 g—121.0 nmol/l |
Linder et al 1999 (present study) | 66 | Once a week during the first month and then every two weeks until age 3 months | 17OHP (nmol/l) | 17OHP concentrations decline to full term concentrations during the first three months of life. Birthweight and gestational age affect level |
Day | <29 week | 29–30 week | 31–32 week | >33 week |
1 | 179.1 | 98.3 | 99.6 | 78.1 |
7 | 138.9 | 46.3 | 53.3 | 29.9 |
14 | 63.2 | 40.2 | 42.9 | 29.7 |
21 | 45.1 | 40.2 | 44.3 | 31.2 |
28 | 42.1 | 48.7 | 48.1 | 32.1 |
45 | 37.5 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 29.7 |
60 | 35.0 | 26.9 | 25.1 | 17.8 |
90 | 32.7 | 23.6 | 16.9 | 13.0 |