Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics
From: Time to regain birth weight - a marker to predict the severity of retinopathy of prematurity?
|  | Type 1 ROP (n = 27) | Control (n = 108) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Male | 19 (70.4%) | 61 (56.5%) | 0.274 |
Inborn | 26 (96.3%) | 103 (95.4%) | 1.000 |
SGA | 5 (18.5%) | 4 (3.7%) | 0.015 |
Chorioamnionitis | 8 (29.6%) | 20 (18.5%) | 0.176 |
Antenatal steroids (complete) | 18 (66.7%) | 73 (68.9%) | 0.927 |
Caesarean section | 18 (66.7%) | 49 (45.8%) | 0.061 |
Apgar< 7 at 1 min | 25 (92.6%) | 90 (83.3%) | 0.366 |
Apgar< 7 at 5 min | 9 (33.3%) | 30 (27.8%) | 0.725 |
Time to regain birthweight | 9 (6–13) | 7 (5–10) | 0.114 |
PDA treated | 20 (74.1%) | 79 (73.1%) | 1.000 |
NEC | 1 (3.7%) | 6 (5.6%) | 1.000 |
 IVH | 3 (12.0%) | 4 (3.8%) | 0.280 |
PVL | 1 (12.5%) | 1 (2.7%) | 0.720 |
Culture positive sepsis | 9 (33.3%) | 28 (25.9%) | 0.439 |
Mechanical ventilation (days) | 30.8 (8.5–44.6) | 11.3 (2.2–34.4) | 0.191 |
CPAP (days) | 44.6 (37.2–55.8) | 44.8 (35.5–55.7) | 0.997 |
Nasal high flow (days) | 10.0 (0–19.3) | 11.1 (0–18.8) | 0.632 |
Duration of oxygen (weeks) | 11.9 (7.0–17.9) | 9.1 (4.0–13.4) | 0.028 |
Postnatal steroids | 2 (7.4%) | 7 (6.5%) | 1.000 |
Blood transfusion | 27 (100%) | 103 (95.4%) | 0.622 |
Oxygen at 36 weeks | 19 (70.4%) | 64 (59.3%) | 0.417 |
Home oxygen | 3 (11.1%) | 8 (7.4%) | 0.763 |
Died during NICU stay | – | 2 (1.9%) | 1.000 |