TABLE 2

Neonatal Laboratory Data

	NICU Admissions, N = 78	Nonadmissions, N = 162	P
WBC count^a
Birth–12 h	20.7 (±7.9)	19.4 (±5.5)	.19
12–24 h	23.6 (±7.4)	20.7 (±5.2)	.036
24–48 h	18.4 (±5.6)	16.5 (±4.3)	.013
hsCRP (mg/dL)^b
Birth–12 h	0.3 (0.2–1.8)	0.2(0.2–0.4)	<.001
12–24 h	12.05 (2.3–30.1)	2.2 (0.8–4.9)	<.001
24–48 h	13.5 (3.2–25.6)	2 (0.8–4.6)	<.001

↵a Mean (±SD).
↵b Median (25th–75th percentile).