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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Perinatol. 2009 Oct 28;27(1):97–101. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1241729

Table 3.

Logistic Regression Models for the Risk Mortality and Bacterial Sepsis, Using Hospital as a Fixed Effect

Model 1: Mortality (n = 1270 Subjects in 24 Hospitals)
Model 2: Bacterial Sepsis (n = 1546 Subjects in 33 Hospitals)
OR 95% CI p Value OR 95% CI p Value
Birth weight 0.99 0.99–1.00 0.077 0.99 0.99–1.00 0.722
Gestational age 0.90 0.78–1.03 0.139 0.94 0.89–1.00 0.073
Age (d) on day of operation 1.04 0.99–1.08 0.054
Small bowel resection 1.96 0.53–7.17 0.308 1.50 0.90–2.50 0.119
Large bowel resection 8.26 1.17–58.17 0.034 2.56 1.09–6.02 0.030
Small bowel ostomy 0.74 0.14–3.68 0.714 2.94 1.71–5.05 0.000
Large bowel ostomy 6.22 0.97–39.83 0.054
Congenital heart anomaly 0.71 0.07–7.00 0.771
Congenital circulatory anomaly 5.62 2.11–14.91 0.001 1.58 1.10–2.28 0.013
Congenital pulmonary anomaly 8.22 2.75–24.58 0.000
Respiratory failure 3.31 1.24–8.84 0.017 2.48 1.85–3.34 0.000
Sepsis, bacterial 3.87 1.51–9.91 0.005
Sepsis, fungal 2.49 0.59–10.53 0.214
Hemolytic disease 0.77 0.21–2.28 0.707
Neonatal jaundice 0.70 0.26–1.86 0.480
Newborn feeding problems 0.25 0.07–0.87 0.029
Ileus 1.15 0.27–4.84 0.842
Esophageal reflux 0.27 0.06–1.29 0.103
Small bowel atresia 1.47 0.37–5.82 0.577 0.98 0.57–1.67 0.949
Large bowel atresia 0.34 0.02–5.13 0.438 0.86 0.40–1.86 0.718
NEC 1.58 0.42–5.95 0.497 4.38 2.51–7.67 0.000
Intestinal perforation 0.80 0.15–4.30 0.797 1.41 0.73–2.72 0.297
Volvulus 1.58 0.22–11.13 0.642
Central line insertion 1.49 0.91–2.42 0.107

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis.