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Table 2 Regression analyses for antenatal factors predicting extensive resuscitation (N = 5298)

From: A clinical scoring system to predict the need for extensive resuscitation at birth in very low birth weight infants

Antenatal factor

Univariate

 

Multivariate

 

OR (95% CI)

P value

OR (95% CI)

P value

Gestational age

  > 27 weeks

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 25–27 weeks

3.521 (2.600–4.768)

<.001

3.003 (1.977–4.562)

<.001

  < 25 weeks

7.510 (5.366–10.509)

<.001

4.921 (2.926–8.276)

<.001

Birth weight < 1000 g

3.490 (2.678–4.547)

<.001

1.509 (1.013–2.246)

0.043

Birth weight < 3rd percentile

0.568 (0.340–0.950)

0.031

0.836 (0.481–1.453)

0.525

Male

1.363 (1.059–1.753)

0.016

1.329 (1.002–1.761)

0.048

Maternal hypertension

0.592 (0.412–0.847)

0.004

1.047 (0.693–1.582)

0.826

Amniotic fluid

 Normal

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

 Oligohydramnios

1.764 (1.293–2.407)

<.001

1.820 (1.286–2.575)

0.01

 Polyhydramnios

4.447 (2.551–7.752)

<.001

6.203 (3.185–12.081)

<.001

Antenatal steroid

 None

2.082 (1.552–2.791)

<.001

2.164 (1.549–3.023)

<.001

 Incomplete

1.081 (0.789–1.481)

0.626

0.989 (0.702–1.395)

0.951

 Complete

1.0 (Reference)

 

1.0 (Reference)

 

Outborn

2.017 (1.004–4.052)

0.049

0.903 (0.209–3.902)

0.891

Chorioamnionitis

1.612 (1.230–2.112)

0.001

1.143 (0.851–1.536)

0.374