Table 4. Hospitalizations and Respiratory Health in the First 2 Years.
Outcome | No./total (%) | Risk difference, % (95% CI)a | Relative risk (95% CI)a | P valueb | |
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Minimally invasive surfactant therapy | Control treatment | ||||
Hospitalizations with any illness | |||||
≥1 | 77/194 (39.7) | 104/204 (51.0) | −11.2 (−18.2 to −4.3) | 0.78 (0.66 to 0.92) | .003 |
≥3 | 22/194 (11.3) | 39/204 (19.1) | −7.8 (−13.7 to −1.8) | 0.59 (0.40 to 0.87) | .008 |
Hospitalizations with respiratory illness | |||||
≥1 | 49/195 (25.1) | 78/204 (38.2) | −13.1 (−19.5 to −6.7) | 0.66 (0.54 to 0.81) | <.001 |
≥3 | 14/195 (7.2) | 23/204 (11.3) | −4.1 (−8.6 to 0.4) | 0.63 (0.41 to 0.98) | .04 |
Parent-reported wheeze or breathing difficulty | 73/180 (40.6) | 104/194 (53.6) | −13.1 (−20.1 to −6.1) | 0.76 (0.63 to 0.90) | .002 |
Use of any bronchodilator therapy | 57/180 (31.7) | 83/194 (42.8) | −11.2 (−20.0 to −2.4) | 0.74 (0.57 to 0.96) | .03 |
Parent report of a physician diagnosis of asthma | 8/180 (4.4) | 23/194 (11.9) | −7.6 (−13.7 to −1.5) | 0.37 (0.19 to 0.73) | .004 |
Adjusted for gestational age group.
P value for relative risk derived from generalized linear model.