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Table 2 Distribution of demographic characteristics and risk factors in hospitalized pts

From: Respiratory Syncytial Virus-associated hospitalization in premature infants who did not receive palivizumab prophylaxis in Italy: a retrospective analysis from the Osservatorio Study

 

<29w GA

29 - <32w GA

32 - <35w GA

p

[No. (row %)]

[No. (row %)]

[No. (row %)]

No.

7 (12.73 %)

12 (21.82 %)

36 (65.46 %)

-

Male gender

4 (16.67 %)

5 (20.83 %)

15 (62.50 %)

0.51

Birth order (No. = 53)

 1

4 (19.05 %)

6 (28.57 %)

11 (52.38 %)

0.13

  > 1

2 (6.25 %)

5 (15.63 %)

25 (78.13 %)

 

Educational level of the mother (No. = 21)

 Junior high school

1 (12.50 %)

2 (25.00 %)

5 (62.50 %)

0.78

 High school

1 (7.69 %)

2 (15.38 %)

10 (76.92)

 

Educational level of the father (No. = 52)

 Junior high school

4 (18.18 %)

3 (13.64 %)

15 (68.18 %)

0.43

 High school

3 (10.00 %)

8 (26.67 %)

19 (63.33 %)

 

CHD

0

0

2 (100.00 %)

0.62

BPD

3 (60.00 %)

1 (20.00 %)

1 (20.00)

0.004

Day-care attendance

 Yes

0

0

4 (100.00 %)

0.32

 No

7 (13.73 %)

12 (23.53 %)

32 (62.75 %)

 

Exposure to ETS

 Yes

4 (12.12 %)

7 (21.21 %)

22 (66.67 %)

0.97

 No

3 (13.64 %)

5 (22.73 %)

14 (63.64 %)

 

Breast feeding (No. = 9)

 Yes

0

2 (66.67 %)

1 (33.33 %)

0.08

 No

0

0

6 (100 %)

 
  1. CHD congenital heart disease, BPD bronchopulmonary dysplasia, ETS environmental tobacco smoke