With ROP

Without ROP

p value*

At Born (mean ± standard deviation)

Glucose (mg/dl)

45.17 (±30.1)

49.95 (±28.79)

0.424

BUN (mg/dl)

9.95 (±5.0)

9.79 (±5.9)

0.747

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.71 (±0.17)

0.69 (±0.17)

0.507

AST (U/L)

54.2 (±37.4)

58.8 (±63.2)

0.603

ALT (U/L)

6.1 (±6.6)

7.2 (±7.7)

0.810

Direct bilirubin (mg/dl)

0.64 (±0.18)

0.57 (±0.18)

0.116

Indirect bilirubin (mg/dl)

2.18 (±0.81)

2.09 (±0.83)

0.536

Total protein (mg/dl)

3.9 (±0.6)

4.2 (±0.6)

0.071⁺

Total albumin (mg/dl)

2.8 (±0.4)

3.0 (±0.4)

0.115⁺

Uric acid (mg/dl)

5.4 (±1.8)

5.3 (±1.9)

0.849

Mg (mg/dl)

2.3 (±0.78)

2.0 (±0.34)

0.014

P (mg/dl)

5.9 (±1.25)

5.8 (±0.96)

0.893⁺

At one month after birth (mean ± standard deviation)

Glucose (mg/dl)

96.36 (±35.19)

97.80 (±33.15)

0.940

BUN (mg/dl)

8.28 (±7.1)

8.01 (±4.4)

0.629

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.51 (±0.11)

0.48 (±0.08)

0.313⁺

AST

31.71 (±20.0)

29.29 (±10.9)

0.692

ALT

14.01 (±12.66)

13.77 (±6.0)

0.591

Direct bilirubin (mg/dl)

0.35 (±0.27)

0.31 (±0.20)

0.955

Indirect bilirubin (mg/dl)

0.97 (±1.06)

1.31 (±1.84)

0.639

Total protein (mg/dl)

4.1 (±0.7)

4.6 (±0.7)

0.096

Total albumin (mg/dl)

2.9 (±0.3)

3.1 (±0.3)

0.108

Uric acid (mg/dl)

2.1 (±0.9)

2.4 (±1.7)

0.930

Mg (mg/dl)

1.9 (±0.36)

1.8 (±0.29)

0.511

P (mg/dl)

5.6 (±1.13)

5.8 (±0.72)

0.688