Population characteristics and clinical measurements (n=131)
| Patient characteristic | Number (%) or mean (SD)* |
| Demographic variables | |
| Male | 72 (55.0%) |
| Gestational age (wk) | 24 (20–32) |
| Ethnicity (n=33) | |
| Caucasian | 19 (57.6%) |
| Aboriginal | 3 (9.1%) |
| Asian | 3 (9.1%) |
| Black | 8 (24.2%) |
| Size of the fetuses or neonates | |
| Autopsy weight (g) | 540.0 (257.5, 1720.5) |
| Body mass index | 6.9 (3.7) |
| Foot length (cm) | 4.5 (2.1) |
| Crown-heel length (cm) | 32.4 (12.0) |
| Clinical variables | |
| Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) | 26 (19.8%) |
| Large for gestational age (LGA) | 4 (3.1%) |
| Congenital anomalies | 35 (26.7%) |
| Gastrointestinal anomalies | 17 (13.0%) |
| Multiple pregnancies | 14 (10.7%) |
| Maceration | 29 (22.1%) |
| Intestinal length | |
| Small intestinal length (cm) | 147.7 (82.7) |
| Large intestinal length (cm) (n=130) | 30.6 (17.7) |
| Appendix length (cm) (n=37) | 1.9 (1.2) |
Frequency and percentages are provided for dichotomous variables and mean and SD are provided for continuous variables unless specified.
*Mean and SD were used except for autopsy weight and gestational age, defined as median (IQR).
IQR, Inter-quartile range; SD, Standard deviation.