Table 2.

Association between gestational age, indicators of postnatal respiratory support and EBC markers of inflammation and oxidative stress in very preterm infants

	Leukotriene B4 (pg/mL)			8-isoprostane (pg/mL)
	Spearman’s rho	Sig. (2-tailed)	N	Spearman’s rho	Sig. (2-tailed)	N
Gestational age (weeks)	− 0.198	0.303	29	0.157	0.382	33
Duration of ventilation (hours)	0.123	0.524	29	− 0.335	0.056	33
Duration of CPAP (hours)	0.183	0.342	29	− 0.015	0.932	33
Duration of HHF (hours)	0.211	0.273	29	− 0.257	0.149	33
Duration of supplemental oxygen (hours)	0.116	0.573	26	0.028	0.882	30