a strong trendp < 0.001
Although the groups showed a strong trend of decreasing MoM with increasing weight ( p < 0.001; Jonckheere’s test), individual comparisons among the three groups (without regard to the ordering of categories) found no real difference between ELBW and VLBW ( p = 0.201; Steel-Dwass multiple comparison procedure) while each of the two lower groups both differed from the LBW group ( p < 0.001 for each; Steel-Dwass).