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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2013 Feb 7;163(1):84–88. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.12.074

TABLE 3.

Risk factors for Hypertension: Univariate and Multivariate Analysis between Hypertensive Infants and Controls

Risk Factors Univariate Analysis OR (Confidence Interval) p value Exact Logistic Regression OR (Confidence Interval) p value
Antenatal Steroids 1.90 (1.0, 3.4) 0.035 1.8 (0.97, 3.5) 0.52
Maternal Hypertension 0.76 (0.20, 2.0) 0.82 0.7 (0.2, 2.0) 0.72
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia 6.4 (3.0, 14.4) <0.0000* 4.7 (2.0, 11.6) 0.0002
Steroids for BPD 6.30 (2.3, 14.4) <0.0001 3.6 (1.2, 9.3) 0.02
Pneumothorax 2.0 (0.6, 5.2) 0.18 2.0 (0.6, 7.5.0) 0.27
ECMO 2.5 (0.3, 9.7) 0.21 5.0 (0.5, 22.1) 0.14
Seizure 1.9 (0.6, 4.9) 0.2 1.7 (0.4, 4.9) 0.44
Intraventricular Hemorrhage 1.2 (0.5, 2.6) 0.68 0.8 (0.3, 2.0) 0.81
Patent Ductus Arteriosus 4.6 (2.5, 8.5) <0.0000* 3.8 (2.0, 7.4) <0.0001
Indomethacin 4.4 (1.96, 9.1) <0.0001 2.4 (0.95, 5.9) 0.06
Surgical Ligation of PDA 4.1 (1.5, 9.2) 0.003 2.7 (0.98, 6.6) 0.06

OR=odds ratio; BPD=bronchopulmonary dysplasia; ECMO=extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; PDA=patent ductus arteriosus.

*

p < 0.00000001