Table 3.

Multiple bivariate regression analyses of LV morphology by various clinical characteristics

	All studies acquired with eL18-4 (n = 59)
	Stems		Branches		Echogenicity		Width
Clinical characteristic	B or Exp(B)	p	B or Exp(B)	P	B or Exp(B)	p	B or Exp(B)	P
Sex (Male)	Exp (B) = 0.835	0.542	Exp (B) = 0.914	0.518	Exp (B) = 2.064	0.264	Exp (B) = 1.702	0.417
GA at birth	B = 0.019	0.508	B = 0.063	0.323	Exp (B) = 1.043	0.489	Exp (B) = 1.031	0.624
GA at examination	B = 0.014	0.633	B = 0.03	0.642	Exp (B) = 1.021	0.721	Exp (B) = 1.024	0.692
APGAR at 1 min	B = 0.051	0.313	B = 0.168	0.11	Exp (B) = 1.114	0.271	Exp (B) = 1.098	0.352
APGAR at 5 min	B = 0.074	0.156	B = 0.176	0.101	Exp (B) = 1.217	0.078	Exp (B) = 1.193	0.124
HIE grouping (compared to HIE+MRI)
Non-HIE	Exp (B) = 1.495	0.254	Exp (B) = 2.339	0.005 a	Exp (B) = 1.748	0.438	Exp (B) = 1.54	0.552
HIE-MRI	Exp (B) = 1.293	0.517	Exp (B) = 2.173	0.013 a	Exp (B) = 1.132	0.882	Exp (B) = 0.8	0.796

GA, gestational age; HIE, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; HIE+MRI, clinical HIE with positive MRI findings of HIE;HIE-MRI, clinical HIE with MRI findings negative for HIE.

*p<0.05.

^ap<0.01