Table 3 Results of a generalized linear model examining HHb and HbO connectivity relative to IVH severity.

From: Altered functional connectivity in preterm neonates with intraventricular hemorrhage assessed using functional near-infrared spectroscopy

 

95% Confidence Intervals

 

HHb

HbO

 

B

Upper

Lower

p value

B

Upper

Lower

p value

Birth GA

3.2

0.19

6.22

0.038b

2.5

0.23

5.14

0.074

PMA at scan

− 2.3

− 7.93

3.42

0.436

− 0.4

− 5.49

4.61

0.865

Male sex

− 1.0

− 15.18

13.22

0.892

− 1.6

− 14.19

11.08

0.810

Injury severity

        

Healthy newborns

− 53.5

− 94.61

− 12.39

0.011b

− 42.6

− 79.15

− 5.98

0.023b

Mild IVH

− 24.7

− 42.72

− 6.72

0.007a

− 18.2

− 34.27

− 2.23

0.026b

Moderate/severe IVH

ref

–

–

–

ref

–

–

–

  1. GA: gestational age, PMA: postmenstrual age, IVH: intraventricular hemorrhage, HHb: deoxygenated hemoglobin, HbO: oxygenated hemoglobin, B: coefficient estimate. aStatistically significant, p < 0.01. bStatistically significant, p < 0.05.
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