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Table 1.

Developmental Measures for All Participants

Variable	Total Study (N = 54)
Variable	Prepod Group (n = 27)^a	Control Group (n = 27)^b
Birth age
M	30 wk, 5 days	30 wk, 0 days
Range	28 wk, 4 days–31 wk, 4 days	28 wk, 2 days–31 wk, 6 days
Study exit age
M	36 wk, 6 days	38 wk, 0 days
Range	35 wk, 2 days–40 wk, 6 days	35 wk, 1 day–42 wk, 3 days
Head circumference, cm
M at birth	28.62	27.81
M at discharge	33.05	33.25
Growth per hospital day	0.10	0.10
Infant weight, g
M birth weight	1,550.74	1,463.28
M discharge weight	2,737.62	2,852.14
Growth per hospital day	27.66	26.20

Variable	Total Study (N = 54)
Variable	Prepod Group (n = 27)^a	Control Group (n = 27)^b
Birth age
M	30 wk, 5 days	30 wk, 0 days
Range	28 wk, 4 days–31 wk, 4 days	28 wk, 2 days–31 wk, 6 days
Study exit age
M	36 wk, 6 days	38 wk, 0 days
Range	35 wk, 2 days–40 wk, 6 days	35 wk, 1 day–42 wk, 3 days
Head circumference, cm
M at birth	28.62	27.81
M at discharge	33.05	33.25
Growth per hospital day	0.10	0.10
Infant weight, g
M birth weight	1,550.74	1,463.28
M discharge weight	2,737.62	2,852.14
Growth per hospital day	27.66	26.20

^a

The prepod group was composed of 16 male infants and 11 female infants.

^b

The control group was composed of 15 male infants and 12 female infants.