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. 2012 Aug 6;109(31-32):527–533. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0527

Table 4. Multivariate predictor for grade 3–4 intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) on the basis of n = 149 IVH cases among 1742 datasets.

Variable Regression coefficient OR 95% CI p value
Intercept –5.8446
Gestational age <26 weeks 3.5218 33.844 16.735 – 68.443 <0.0001
26–27 2.3550 10.538 5.154 – 21.545 <0.0001
28–29 2.0245 7.572 3.746 – 15.304 <0.0001
30–32 (reference)
P63 1-min Apgar <6 0.9572 2.604 1.737 – 3.904 <0.0001
N16 Early sepsis <3 days 0.9347 2.546 1.581 – 4.101 0.0001
P35.3 No pathological Doppler result 0.7966 2.218 1.142 – 4.309 0.0187
P44.2 Intrapartum tocolysis 0.6496 1.915 1.285 – 2.853 0.0014

Validation of this logistic regression model: p = 0.59 in Hosmer-Lemeshow test; area under the ROC: AUC = 0.877 (simple reclassification) or AUC = 0.861 (bootstrap cross-validation); Nagelkerke’s R2 = 0.44.

*1 P(perinatal) and N (neonatal), data from the perinatal/neonatal data collection form; ROC, receiver operating characteristic; AUC, area under the curve; OR, odds ratio