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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Dec 22;202(3):263.e1–263.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.10.859

Table 2.

Frequency of outcomes and univariate analyses

Outcome Frequency – n (%) p-value Odds
Ratio
95%
Confidence
Interval (CI)
BMI < 25
(n = 96)
BMI ≥ 25
(n = 87)
PRIMARY
 Composite 18 (18.8) 25 (28.7) 0.12 1.75 0.83-3.72
SECONDARY
 RDS 12 (12.5) 10 (11.5) 1.00 0.91 0.33-2.45
 BPD 6 (6.3) 11 (12.6) 0.20 2.17 0.69-7.47
 CLD 3 (3.1) 6 (6.9) 0.31 2.30 0.47-14.58
 IVH* 4 (4.5) 9 (10.7) 0.15 2.55 0.67-11.74
 PVL* 0 0 - - -
 NEC 4 (4.2) 2 (2.3) 0.69 0.54 0.05-3.90
 ROP 3 (3.1) 9 (10.3) 0.07 3.58 0.85-21.11
 Sepsis 1 (1.0) 2 (2.3) 0.61 2.24 0.11-133.2
 Stillbirth or
 Neonatal death
1 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 1.00 - -

RDS = respiratory distress syndrome; BPD = bronchopulmonary dysplasia; CLD = chronic lung disease; IVH = intraventricular hemorrhage; PVL = periventricular leukomalacia; NEC = necrotizing enterocolitis; ROP = retinopathy of prematurity.

*

Results are based on 89 patients with BMI < 25 and 84 patients with BMI ≥ 25.