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Table 3 Risk factors for occurrence of rectal bleeding in 216 preterm infants, results from multivariate analysis

From: Risk factors of mild rectal bleeding in very low birth weight infants: a case control study

 

OR

[95% CI]

p

Ibuprofen

3.193

[1.470-6.937]

0.003

Postnatal steroid exposure

2.839

[0.584-11.784]

0.151

Hypertension during pregnancy

2.607

[1.174-5.787]

0.019

Body weight at bleeding < −2SD

2.029

[1.088-3.783]

0.026

  1. SD: standard deviation, OR: odds ratio, [95% CI]: 95% confidence interval.