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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2009 Feb 5;29(5):358–363. doi: 10.1038/jp.2008.236

Table 2.

Mean (95% C.I.) Differences in 18 to 22 Month Outcomes Favoring Infants Wearing Earplugs as Newborns in the NICU

Outcome Mean unadjusted group differences
(95% C.I.)
p-value Mean adjusted group differences
(95% C.I.)1
p-value
Weight
(g)
408
(−1154,1970)
0.580 555
(−1112,2223)
0.479
Length
(cms)
3.09
(−0.68,6.87)
0.100 2.81
(−1.26,6.89)
0.156
FOC
(cms)
1.95
(−0.14,4.04)
0.065 2.59
(0.97,4.21)
0.005
MDI 14.00
(1.65,26.35)
0.030 15.53
(3.03,28.02)
0.020
PDI −2.17
(−20.68,16.34)
0.800 −3.12
(−23.16,16.92)
0.733
1

Adjusted by birth weight.