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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Critical period of oxygen supplementation and invasive ventilation: implications for severe retinopathy of prematurity

 

No treated ROP

(n = 189)

Treated ROP

(n = 98)

p-value

*Adjusted

p-value

GA (weeks)

27.4 (± 1.1)

25.5 (± 1.4)

< 0.001

-

Birthweight (g)

1014 (± 228.7)

747.6 (± 150.9)

< 0.001

-

SGA

10 (5.3%)

12 (12.2%)

0.036

0.150

Male

111 (58.7%)

47 (48.0%)

0.082

0.260

RDS

141 (74.6%)

95 (96.9%)

< 0.001

0.013

BPD

158 (83.6%)

95 (96.9%)

0.001

0.400

Treated PDA

102 (54.0%)

77 (78.6%)

< 0.001

0.026

Sepsis

22 (11.6%)

36 (36.7%)

< 0.001

0.055

IVH ≥ Gr 3

58 (30.7%)

47 (48.0%)

0.004

0.332

PVL

11 (5.8%)

5 (5.1%)

0.801

0.721

NEC

11 (5.8%)

10 (10.2%)

0.176

0.801

Invasive ventilation (days)

13.1 (± 18.8)

46.3 (± 45.1)

< 0.001

< 0.001

Hospital days

82.1 (± 23.1)

124.4 (± 54.5)

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. Values are presented as mean (± standard deviation) or number (%). *p-value of adjusted proportion adjusting GA and birthweight or correlation coefficient adjusting gestational age and birthweight. ROP, retinopathy of prematurity; GA, gestational age; SGA, small for gestational age; RDS, respiratory distress syndrome; BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; IVH, intraventricular hemorrhage; PVL, periventricular leukomalacia; NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis