Soluble Triggering Receptors Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 as a Neonatal Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Biomarker

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Table 1 Basic Characteristics of Enrolled Neonates

	Control 1 (n=20)	Control 2 (n=20)	NVAP (n=20)
Male/Female	1:1	1:1	1:1
Birth weight (kg)	2.13±0.98	2.21±1.01	2.01±1.12	p>0.05
Gestational age (weeks)	29.8 ± 4.7	34.7 ± 2.4	29.3 ± 5.1	p>0.05
Number of Caesarean section	9 (45%)	12 (60%)	11 (55%)	p>0.05
Number of premature	13 (65%)	6 (30%)	16 (80%)	p<0.05

Figure 1 Acute-phase sTREM-1 comparison between the NVAP group and the control groups. The sTREM-1 levels in the NVAP, first control group, and second control group are shown. No sTREM-1 was detected in the second control group BALF samples. *p < 0.05.