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Table 4 Demographic characteristics of subject population (mean ± SD)

From: Parameter selection for and implementation of a web-based decision-support tool to predict extubation outcome in premature infants

 

Total set (n = 183)

Training set (n = 130)

Validation set (n = 53)

p-value

Gestational age (weeks)

29.3 ± 2.0

29.3 ± 2.0

29.1 ± 2.0

0.471

Birth weight (grams)

1164 ± 172

1170 ± 168

1145 ± 182

0.391

Time on ventilator (~Age in days) (median)

2

2

2

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Sex

    

Male

52.5% (96/183)

52.3% (68/130)

52.8% (28/53)

0.953

Race

    

Caucasian

60.1% (110/183)

62.3% (81/130)

54.7% (29/531)

0.233

African-American

36.6% (67/183)

33.1% (43/130)

45.3% (24/53)

0

Hispanic

2.7% (5/183)

3.8% (5/130)

0

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Asian

0.5% (1/183)

0.8% (1/130)

0

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Outcome

    

Extubation Failure

19.1% (35/183

16.9% (22/130)

24.5% (13/53)

0.243

  1. 1Pooled t-test; 2t-test for unequal variances; 3Chi-square test