Evaluation of the applicability of the current CDC pediatric ventilator-associated events (PedVAE) surveillance definition in the neonatal intensive care unit population

Table 2 Logistic Regression Showing Association between Potential PedVAE/PedVAE and Duration of Mechanical Ventilation, Gestational Age and Birth Weight

Variable	Category	beta	P-value	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval
Variable	Category	beta	P-value	Odds Ratio	Lower	Upper
Duration of Mechanical Ventilation (days)		0.030	< 0.001	1.030	1.013	1.047
Gestational Age (weeks)	< 28	0.637	0.587	1.991	0.190	18.804
	28–32	1.201	0.395	3.323	0.379	29.136
	> 32	Reference	N/A
Birth weight (g)	< 1000	0.718	0.568	2.049	0.175	24.008
	1000–2500	0.640	0.537	1.896	0.249	14.451
	> 2500	Reference	N/A

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