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Table 3 Multivariate analysis of the association between mortality and major morbidity and hypothermia

From: Association between admission hypothermia and outcomes in very low birth weight infants in China: a multicentre prospective study

 

Adjusted ORb (95% CI)a

Moderate/Severe hypothermia

Mild hypothermia

Normothermia

Death

4.148 (1.505, 11.437)

1.806 (0.651, 5.009)

1.000

RDS

5.028 (3.169, 7.979)

3.205 (2.099, 4.895)

1.000

BPD

1.366 (0.862, 2.166)

1.185 (0.734, 1.912)

1.000

IVH

9.813 (3.353, 28.719)

2.914 (0.984, 8.632)

1.000

NEC

0.692 (0.228, 2.104)

0.567 (0.186, 1.726)

1.000

LOS

2.081 (1.284, 3.373)

1.697 (1.063, 2.707)

1.000

ROP

1.339 (0.626, 2.862)

1.206 (0.580, 2.506)

1.000

EUGR

1.430 (0.901, 2.267)

1.094 (0.706, 1.695)

1.000

  1. Abbreviations: OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, RDS Respiratory distress syndrome, BPD Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, IVH Intraventricular haemorrhage, NEC Necrotizing enterocolitis, LOS Late-onset neonatal sepsis, ROP Retinopathy of prematurity, EUGR Extrauterine growth retardation
  2. a ORs with P < 0.05
  3. b Adjusted for caesarean section, BW, SGA, Apgar score < 7 at 5 min, and intubation in the DR