Population Characteristics.

cNumber of subjects for whom the information was obtained. NCS: Neonatal candida Sepsis; GNS: Gram Negative Sepsis; UC: Uncomplicated Controls; Abbrevations: NEC: surgery for Necrotising Entero Colitis; n.a. = not applicable; IQR = Interquartile Range; SD = standard deviation, BPD36 = diagnosis BPD at 36 weeks, ROP: Retinopathy of Prematurity; NTISS: Neonatal Therapeutic Intervention Score; CUS: cerebral ultrasound; CVL: central venous line; Good outcome = as defined in methods; Adverse outcome = as defined in methods. *death: all deaths were during admission, no postdischarge mortality.