Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables for VLBW infants born to mothers with and without preeclampsia.
Variable | Preeclampsia (N = 13490) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No (N = 11290) | Yes (N = 2200) | OR | p value | |
Gender, N (%) 1 | ||||
Female | 5381 (47.7) | 1170 (53.3) | Reference | |
Male | 5896 (52.3) | 1026 (46.7) | 0.80 (0.73–0.88) | <0.001 |
GA, Mean(SD) | 28.6 (2.9) | 30.7 (2.5) | 1.30 (1.28–1.32) | <0.001 |
BBW, Mean(SD) /100g2 | 11.2 (2.7) | 11.3 (2.6) | 1.02 (1–1.04) | 0.032 |
Small gestational age, N (%) 3 | ||||
No | 8428 (75.1) | 606 (27.6) | Reference | |
Yes | 2798 (24.9) | 1592 (72.4) | 7.91 (7.14–8.77) | <0.001 |
Number of antenatal steroid using, N (%) 4 | ||||
<1 | 6281 (58.9) | 1195 (56.8) | Reference | |
≥2 | 4376 (41.1) | 909 (43.2) | 1.09 (0.99–1.2) | 0.069 |
RDS, N (%) 5 | ||||
No | 1440 (12.8) | 440 (20.0) | Reference | |
Yes | 9839 (87.2) | 1756 (80.0) | 0.58 (0.52–0.66) | <0.001 |
Surfactant, N (%) 6 | ||||
No | 6286 (56.0) | 1551 (71.2) | Reference | |
Yes | 4930 (44.0) | 629 (28.9) | 0.52 (0.47–0.57) | <0.001 |
Cesarean section, N (%) 7 | ||||
No | 4467 (39.7) | 166 (7.6) | Reference | |
Yes | 6788 (60.3) | 2031 (92.4) | 8.05 (6.84–9.47) | <0.001 |
Singleton, N (%) 8 | ||||
No | 3560 (31.6) | 346 (15.8) | Reference | |
Yes | 7690 (68.4) | 1847 (84.2) | 2.47 (2.19–2.79) | <0.001 |
Days on IPPV, Mean(SD)14 | 13.2 (24.4) | 6.8 (16.5) | 0.98 (0.98–0.98) | <0.001 |
Days on CPAP or IPPV, Mean(SD)15 | 41.5 (39.3) | 27.7 (31.8) | 0.99 (0.99–0.99) | <0.001 |
