Group characteristics and anthropometric results in preterm infants receiving different vitamin D doses
| Group A 200 IU/kg of body weight/ day up to 400 IU/day (n=21) | Group B 960 IU/day (n=18) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Range | Median | Range | p Value | |||
| Gestational age (weeks) | 30.3 | 26.7–32.6 | 30.6 | 24.7–32.9 | 0.19 | ||
| Duration of parenteral nutrition (days) | 0 | 0–14 | 0 | 0–16 | 0.21 | ||
| Age at full enteral nutrition (days) | 9 | 4–20 | 7.5 | 5–15 | 0.12 | ||
| Duration of assisted ventilation (days) | 4 | 0–50 | 0 | 0–60 | 0.01 | ||
| Duration of oxygen supplementation (days) | 14 | 0–105 | 2 | 0–115 | 0.06 | ||
| Infants with chronic lung disease (n) | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Weight (g) at birth | 1365 | 755–2190 | 1510 | 735–2250 | 0.45 | ||
| 3 months corrected age | 5955 | 3830–6968 | 5797 | 4520–7020 | 0.87 | ||
| 6 months corrected age | 7545 | 5400–9090 | 7600 | 6350–9340 | 0.23 | ||
| Length (cm) at birth | 39.0 | 35.0–45.0 | 40.0 | 32.0–47.0 | 0.65 | ||
| 3 months corrected age | 60.0 | 52.3–65.0 | 58.7 | 56.0–62.0 | 0.09 | ||
| 6 months corrected age | 66.3 | 60.6–71.5 | 67.4 | 62.3–76.0 | 0.41 | ||
| Head circumference (cm) at birth | 28.2 | 24.0–32.5 | 29.0 | 24.5–31.0 | 0.67 | ||
| 3 months corrected age | 41.0 | 38.0–44.0 | 41.0 | 38.5–43.0 | 0.48 | ||
| 6 months corrected age | 43.4 | 38.5–46.7 | 44.5 | 42.8–46.5 | 0.05 | ||