Table 2. Clinical outcomes, including retinopathy of prematurity stages by gestational age, before and after the implementation of the Koala Project.
Age group (weeks) | p-value | ||||
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<28 n (%) |
28 a 31 n (%) |
32 a 33 n (%) |
34 a 36 n (%) |
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Necrotizing enterocolitis | |||||
Before | 1 (25) | 0 | 0 | 1 (4.3) | 0.407 |
After | 0 (0) | 1 (8.3) | 2 (13.3) | 1 (11.1) | |
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia | |||||
Before | 3 (75) | 3 (16.7) | 0 | 0 | <0.001 |
After | 2 (33.3) | 1 (8.3) | 1 (6.7) | 0 | |
Retinopathy of prematurity stages | |||||
Before | |||||
1 | 2 (50) | 0) | 0 | 0 | <0.001 |
2 | 1 (25) | 15 (83.3) | 9 (69.2) | 7 (30.4) | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (65.2) | |
4 | 1 (25) | 3 (16.7) | 4 (30.8) | 1 (4.3) | |
After | |||||
1 | 3 (50) | 5 (41.7) | 1 (6.7) | 0 | 0.002 |
2 | 0 | 4 (33.3) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (22.2) | |
3 | 0 | 0 (0) | 3 (20) | 6 (66.7) | |
4 | 3 (50) | 3 (25) | 7 (46.7) | 1 (11.1) | |
Deaths | |||||
Before | 1 (25) | 1 (5.6) | 1 (7.7) | 1 (4.3) | 0.951 |
After | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
n: absolute frequency; %: relative frequency percentage. Likelihood Ratio Test from the log-linear model for the conditional independence hypothesis.