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. 2014 Mar;133(3):412–421. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-1863

TABLE 4.

Higher Number of Invasive Procedures Was Associated With Lower FA at Age 7 Years

Fractional Anisotropy
Predictors Pain Model, n = 50 Surgery Model, n = 50 Steroid Model, n = 50
Effect Size CI P Effect Size CI P Effect Size CI P
Number of invasive procedures −0.02 −0.04 to −0.005 .01 −0.02 −0.04 to −0.006 .007 −0.02 −0.04 to -0.006 .01
GA −0.001 −0.004 to 0.003 .71 −0.001 −0.004 to 0.003 .73 −0.001 −0.005 to 0.004 .76
Small for GA −0.003 −0.02 to 0.01 .68 −0.003 −0.02 to 0.01 .67 −0.005 −0.02 to 0.01 .52
Illness severity <0.001 −0.0004 to 0.001 .57 <0.001 −0.0004 to 0.001 .65 <0.001 −0.001 to 0.001 .84
Mechanical ventilation −0.003 −0.02 to 0.01 .70 −0.002 −0.02 to 0.01 .78 <0.001 −0.01 to 0.02 1.00
Postnatal infection 0.009 −0.004 to 0.02 .16 0.008 −0.005 to 0.02 .21 0.008 −0.006 to 0.02 .26
Gender −0.002 −0.01 to 0.007 .71 −0.002 −0.01 to 0.008 .72 −0.004 −0.01 to 0.007 .49
Age at scan −0.19 −0.47 to 0.08 .17 −0.20 −0.48 to 0.09 .17 −0.18 −0.46 to 0.10 .21
Brain injury −0.009 −0.02 to 0.002 .10 −0.009 −0.02 to 0.002 .10 −0.007 −0.02 to 0.003 .16
Surgery 0.002 −0.02 to 0.02 .84
Morphine exposure 0.008 −0.007 to 0.02 .28 0.008 −0.009 to 0.03 .37 0.003 −0.02 to 0.02 .77
Fentanyl exposure <−0.001 −0.0001 to 0.00002 .24
Corticosteroids −0.007 −0.02 to 0.01 .43
Midazolam 0.001 −0.0003 to 0.001 .22