Correction to: Pediatric Research https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-025-04023-y, published online 29 March 2025

In the sentence beginning ‘We additionally included infant characteristics...’ in this article, the value ‘(BPD, NEC (≥stage 3)’ should have read ‘(BPD, NEC (≥stage 2)’. The original article has been corrected.