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Table 4 Risk factors of death in univariate analysis

From: Post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus and neurodevelopmental outcomes in a context of neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage: an institutional experience in 122 preterm children

 

Total

Death

Alive at follow-up

P value

test

Variables

Modalities

n

%

n

%

n

%

  

Papile grading

2

52

42,62

7

5,74

42

34,43

0,0001

chi2

3

22

18,03

3

2,46

19

15,57

  

4

48

39,34

38

31,15

13

10,66

  

increased head circumference > +2SD

Yes

86

70,49

40

32,79

46

37,70

0,0007

chi2

No

36

29,51

5

4,10

31

25,41

  

Gestational age at birth (WA)

< 30

80

65,57

48

39,34

35

28,69

0.0041

fisher

30–37

42

34,43

6

4,92

33

27,05

  

Birth weight (percentiles)

0–24

53

43,44

21

17,21

32

26,23

  

25–49

9

7,38

6

4,92

3

2,46

0.002

fisher

50–74

27

22,13

8

6,56

19

15,57

  

75–100

33

27,05

10

8,20

23

18,85

  

Sex

Female

58

47,54

24

19,67

39

31,97

0,33

chi2

Male

64

52,46

21

17,21

38

31,15

  

Magnesium administration

No

106

86,9

3

2,46

8

6,56

0,7447

chi2

Yes

16

13.1

42

34,43

69

56,56

  

Corticosteroids administration

No

58

47,64

10

8,20

48

39,34

0.23

chi2

Yes

64

52,46

11

9,02

53

43,44

  1. SD, Standard deviation; WA, Weeks of amenorrhea