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Table 3 Distribution of demographic characteristics and risk factors in not 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.

2 (4.44 %)

9 (20.00 %)

34 (75.56 %)

-

Male gender

1 (4.35 %)

4 (17.39 %)

18 (78.26 %)

0.90

Birth order (No. = 9)

 1

0

5 (27.78 %)

13 (72.22 %)

0.34

  > 1

2 (8 %)

4 (16 %)

19 (76 %)

 

Educational level of the mother (No. = 11)

 Junior high school

1 (50.00 %)

1 (50.00 %)

0

0.02

 High school

0

1 (11.11 %)

8 (88.89 %)

 

Educational level of the father (No. = 40)

 Junior high school

2 (8.00 %)

5 (20.00 %)

18 (72.00 %)

0.50

 High school

0

4 (26.67 %)

11 (73.33 %)

 

CHD

0

0

0

 

BPD

1 (25.00 %)

1 (25.00 %)

2 (50.00)

0.10

Day-care attendance (No. = 44)

 Yes

0

3 (42.86 %)

4 (57.14 %)

0.25

 No

2 (5.41 %)

6 (16.22 %)

29 (78.38 %)

 

Exposure to ETS (No. = 43)

 Yes

1 (4.17 %)

4 (16.67 %)

19 (79.17 %)

0.72

 No

1 (5.26 %)

5 (26.32 %)

13 (68.42 %)

 

Breast feeding (No. = 15)

 Yes

0

2 (28.57 %)

5 (71.43 %)

0.51

 No

1 (12.50 %)

1 (12.50 %)

6 (75 %)

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