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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Aug;162(8):748–755. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.162.8.748

Table 3. Risk Factors for High Service Use (>5 Services) From Initial Hospital Discharge to 18 to 22 Months’ Corrected Age and Independent Associations With Perinatal, Neonatal, and Sociodemographic Variables.

Risk Factor Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Gestational age, per wk 0.96 (0.85-1.08)
Birth weight, per 100 g 0.87 (0.78-0.98)
Male sex 1.04 (0.81-1.33)
Multiple gestation 1.55 (1.16-2.07)
Race/ethnicity
 White vs black 1.27 (0.89-1.80)
 Hispanic vs black 1.34 (0.83-2.17)
Any surfactant therapy 1.10 (0.74-1.64)
Age of mother, for each year older 1.02 (0.99-1.05)
Cystic periventricular leukomalacia or grade 3-4 intraventricular hemorrhage 1.83 (1.36-2.47)
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia 2.22 (1.56-2.98)
Necrotizing enterocolitis 1.40 (0.93-2.10)
Sepsis 1.34 (1.04-1.72)
Postnatal corticosteroid use 1.46 (1.09-1.96)
Mother single at delivery 0.93 (0.68-1.27)
Grade ≥3 retinopathy of prematurity with plus disease 1.27 (0.91-1.76)
Primary caregiver educational level less than high school 1.28 (0.93-1.77)
≥6 Persons in household 1.13 (0.82-1.55)
≥3 Places lived since discharge 1.19 (0.84-1.70)
Living with mother at the time of follow-up 0.19 (0.13-0.28)
Primary language not English 0.89 (0.56-1.40)
Medicaid insurance or Medicaid health maintenance organization 1.50 (1.08-2.10)