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Table 4 Final model of multiple logistic regression for factors associated with RBC transfusions

From: Factors associated with red blood cell transfusions in very-low-birth-weight preterm infants in Brazilian neonatal units

 

OR

IC 95 %

p

Gestational age (weeks)

-1.098

-1.151 – -1.042

<0.001

SNAPPE II

1.011

1.004 – 1.017

0.001

Apnea

1.692

1.339 – 2.138

<0.001

Pulmonary hemorrhage

2.648

1.740 – 4.031

<0.001

Clinical sepsis

3.217

2.553 - 4.054

<0.001

PIVH grades 3-4

1.642

1.046 -2.576

0.031

Necrotizing enterocolitis

3.804

2.258 – 6.407

<0.001

Need for oxygen at 28 days of life

1.562

1.173 – 2.081

0.002

Use of umbilical catheter

1.864

1.352 – 2.569

<0.001

Need for mechanical ventilation

2.271

1.740 – 2.966

<0.001

Use of parenteral nutrition

2.058

1.271 – 3.332

0.003

Hospitalisation >60 days

5.286

4.020 – 6.949

<0.001

Unit B

2.246

1.156 – 4.365

0.017

Unit O

2.822

1.230 – 6.470

0.014

Unit I

2.887

1.383 – 6.026

0.005

Unit P

2.961

1.365 – 6.423

0.006

Unit E

4.790

2.434 – 9.427

<0.001

Unit H

5.638

2.729 – 11.651

<0.001

Unit C

6.120

2.991 – 12.523

<0.001

Unit N

6.248

2.840 – 13.740

<0.001

Unit L

8.120

3.934 – 16.759

<0.001

Unit K

8.396

4.376 – 16.111

<0.001

Unit G

8.434

4.187 – 16.989

<0.001

  1. Significance of the model p < 0.001. Final model adjusted for gestacional age, SNAPPE II respiratory distress syndrome, apnea, pulmonar hemorrhage, patente ductus arteriosus, clinical sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, need for oxygen therapy at 28 days of life, peri-intraventricular hemorrhage grades 3-4 (PIVH 3-4), retinopathy of prematurity, use of umbilical cateter, need for mechanical ventilation, use of parenteral nutrition, hospitalization > 60 days, and neonatal unit where the neonate was born
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