. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010 May 10;15(4):230–235. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2010.03.007

Table 2.

Saturation targets and outcomes of preterm infants who were oxygen dependent

	Saturation target

	89–94%	96–99%
N	325	324
Birth weight (g)^a	721 ± 160	731 ± 160
Age at start of O₂ target (weeks)^a	35.3 ± 2.6	35.4 ± 2.5
Outcome after randomization
Weight gain over 2 weeks (g)^a	291 ± 137	278 ± 143
Pneumonia or BPD events (number)	25	38^*
Outcomes at 3 months' corrected age (%)
Remained in hospital	6.8	12.7^*
Remained on oxygen	38	47^*
Treated with diuretics	24	36^*

BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

Data from STOP.¹⁴

Mean ± SD.

P < 0.05.