Skip to main content

Table 2 Comparison of Infants Oxygen Dependent at 28 days

From: The Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Insertion/Deletion polymorphism is not associated with an increased risk of death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia in ventilated very low birth weight infants

 

No Oxygen at 28 days (n = 75)

Oxygen at 28 days (n = 151)

P value

Gestation (weeks)

27.4 ± 0.1

26.0 ± 0.1

<0.001

Birth Weight (grams)

996 ± 18

826 ± 14

<0.001

Race (Caucasian)

20 (27)

26 (17)

0.103

Gender (Males)

39 (52)

95 (63)

0.102

Surfactant therapy

75 (87)

144 (95)

0.020

Ureaplasma isolateda

16/67 (24)

55/134 (41)

0.016

Mycoplasma isolateda

4/67 (6)

23/134 (17)

0.028

IVHb

8/74 (11)

55/151 (36)

<0.001

IVH = Grade 3b

4/74 (5)

35/151 (23)

<0.001

PVLb

2/74 (3)

15/151 (10)

0.054

  1. Data are presented as Mean ± Standard error of Mean. Numbers in parenthesis represent percentages.
  2. aNot all infants had TA cultures performed for Uu and Mh
  3. bNot all infants had cranial US evaluations
  4. Uu Ureaplasma urealyticum Mh Mycoplasma hominis IVH Intraventricular Hemorrhage PVL Periventricular leukomalacia TA Tracheal Aspirate