Table 1 Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics of extremely preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

From: Outcomes of extremely preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a retrospective cohort study

Variables

No BPD

(n = 102)

BPD

(n = 86)

Odds Ratio /Mean Difference*

95th CI

P

Maternal Variables

Multiples, n (%)

35 (35.6%)

29 (33.7%)

0.91

0.49–1.68

0.77

Antenatal steroids, n (%)

89 (87.3%)

72 (83.7%)

0.75

0.33–1.69

0.491

Chorioamnionitis, n (%)

17 (16.7%)

9 (10.5%)

0.58

0.24–1.38

0.220

PPROM, n (%)

26 (25.5%)

24 (27.9%)

1.13

0.59–2.16

0.709

Pregnancy-induced hypertension, n (%)

10 (10.2%)

10 (11.8%)

1.17

0.46–2.97

0.736

Vaginal Delivery, n (%)

39 (38.2%)

37 (43.0%)

1.22

0.68–2.18

0.505

Neonatal Variables

Birth weight (g), mean ± SD

920.4 ± 193.2

797.5 ± 143.8

122.85*

25.24–73.05

< 0.001

Gestational age (weeks), mean ± SD

25.9 ± 1.1

25.3 ± 1.3

0.67*

0.17–0.33

< 0.001

Males sex, n (%)

47 (46.1%)

60 (69.8%)

2.70

1.47–4.93

0.001

Apgar at 1 min < 7, n (%)

65 (63.7%)

69 (80.2%)

2.31

1.18–4.50

0.013

Apgar at 5 min < 7, n (%)

17 (16.7%)

19 (22.1%)

1.41

0.68–2.93

0.346

Delivery room intubation, n (%)

67 (65.7%)

75 (87.2%)

3.56

1.67–7.56

< 0.001

Surfactant, n (%)

77 (75.5%)

81 (94.2%)

5.26

1.91–14.43

< 0.001

Clinical Characteristics

PDA required intervention, n (%)

42 (54.5%)

56 (65.1%)

1.55

0.82–2.92

0.169

Early PDA device closure, n (%)

1 (1.0%)

6 (7.0%)

7.57

0.89–64.20

0.049

Early PDA device closure day of life, median [IQR]

25.00 [25.0,25.0]

42.0 [34.3,54.3]

  

0.134

SGA at birth, n (%)

5(4.9%)

3(3.5%)

0.70

0.16–3.02

0.729

Discharge weight (kg), mean ± SD

2257.8 ± 453.2

3559.8 ± 1506.7

-1302.40*

-1612.16 – -992.62

< 0.001

Discharge before 36wks PMA, n (%)

42 (41.2%)

0 (0.0%)

0.41

0.33–0.49

< 0.001

Death after 36wks PMA, n (%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (1.2%)

0.45

0.38–0.53

0.457

Weight at 36 weeks PMA (g), mean ± SD

2174.8 ± 366.4

1928.9 ± 345.8

245.86*

142.35–349.37

< 0.001

Postnatal growth failure at 36 weeks PMA, n (%)

59.0 (57.8%)

70.0 (81.4%)

3.19

1.63–2.63

< 0.001

Discharge PMA, weeks

37.2 ± 3.7

44.7 ± 7.9

-7.53*

-9.28 – -5.78

< 0.001

Hospital stay (days), mean ± SD

78.3 ± 27.1

136.6 ± 55.6

-58.29*

-70.60 – -45.97

< 0.001

NICU hospitalization beyond 50wk, n (%)

1 (1.0%)

13 (15.3%)

17.87

2.28–139.75

< 0.001

Postnatal dexamethasone, n (%)

1 (1.0%)

25 (29.1%)

41.39

5.47–313.25

< 0.001

Any invasive ventilation n (%)

83 (81.4%)

82 (95.3%)

4.69

1.53–14.39

0.004

Invasive ventilation days, median [IQR]

0.4 [0.0, 3.0]

7.0 [0.4,31.2]

  

< 0.001

VAP, n (%)

8 (8.2%)

13 (15.9%)

2.12

0.83–5.39

0.109

Severe IVH, n (%)

1 (1.0%)

5 (5.8%)

6.23

0.71–54.43

0.095

Severe ROP, n (%)

2 (2.0%)

11 (12.8%)

7.33

15.78–34.07

0.004

NEC, n (%)

6 (6.1%)

4 (4.7%)

0.75

0.20–2.77

0.754

Pneumothorax, n (%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (9.4%)

0.44

0.37–0.52

0.002

PVL, n (%)

1 (1.0%)

3 (3.5%)

3.69

0.37–36.19

0.230

  1. SD, standard deviation; PPROM, preterm premature rupture of membranes; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; IQR, interquartile range; SGA, small for gestational age (< 10th percentile); PMA, postmenstrual age; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia; IVH, intraventricular haemorrhage; ROP, retinopathy of prematurity; NEC, necrotising enterocolitis; PVL, periventricular leukomalacia.
  2. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
  3. *Mean difference.