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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of excluded and included participants

From: How effective is tetracaine 4% gel, before a peripherally inserted central catheter, in reducing procedural pain in infants: a randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial [ISRCTN75884221]

Characteristics

Excluded (n = 16)

Included (n = 53)

Difference (95%CI)

p-value

Birth weight in grams, mean (sd)

983.1 (242.38)

915.2 (294.29)

67.96 (-93.45, 229.37)

0.406

Completed weeks of gestation, mean (sd)

27.7 (1.99)

27.1 (2.23)

0.66 (-0.58, 1.90)

0.330

Male, n (%)

11 (68.8)

23 (43.4)

25.4 (-2.4, 46.5)

0.093