Demographics, clinical characteristics and hematological findings in the study population.

Data are presented as the number of subjects in each group, with percentages given in parentheses or mean, with SD given in parentheses.

^a Date were collected at the onset of IFD and bacterial sepsis, or about postnatal age of 21 days for preterm control infants.

^bComparison between IFD vs preterm control p<0.05

^cComparison between IFD vs bacterial sepsis p<0.05

^dComparison between bacterial sepsis vs preterm control p<0.05

Demographics, clinical characteristics and hematological findings in the study population.