Table 1 Demographic and laboratory characteristics of the different studied groups

Gender male/female

25/25

14/16

11/9

0.837

Age (days)

8.8 ± 3.37

8.63 ± 3.35

8.95 ± 4.501

0.958

Gestational age (weeks)

37.54 ± 0.579

37.5 ± 0.572

37.55 ± 0.605

0.943

Weight (grams)

3.19 ± 0.34

3.14 ± 0.29

3.24 ± 0.39

0.583

CRP (mg/L)

10.91 (3.21–23.91)

9.955 (3.99–21.01)

3.805 (2.39–4.81)

0.001*

PCT (ng/ml)

5.53 (0.91–13.47)

1.23 (0.47–6.23)

0.26 (0.10–0.78)

0.001*

WBC (× 10⁹/L)

14.55 (2.11–22.6)

14.6 (4.21–18.36)

14.65 (7.91–18.59)

0.250