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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Sep;33(9):920–923. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000322

TABLE 3.

Risk Factors Associated with Late-onset Bloodstream Infection

Adjusted HR (95% CI) P
Gestational age (weeks)
 37 Reference -
 38 1.25 (0.96, 1.62) 0.10
 39 1.10 (0.83, 1.46) 0.50
 40 1.18 (0.88, 1.57) 0.27
 41 0.60 (0.36, 1.02) 0.06
 ≥42 0.59 (0.22, 1.62) 0.31

Male 1.02 (0.85, 1.23) 0.82

Race/ethnicity
 White Reference -
 Black 1.40 (1.07, 1.83) 0.01
 Hispanic 1.15 (0.93, 1.42) 0.19
 Other 0.95 (0.62, 1.46) 0.82

Small for gestational age 0.66 (0.50, 0.86) 0.002

Apgar score at 5 minutes
 7–10 Reference -
 4–6 0.86 (0.61, 1.21) 0.39
 1–3 0.72 (0.46, 1.14) 0.17

Cesarean delivery 0.77 (0.64, 0.93) 0.007

Antenatal antibiotics 0.71 (0.55, 0.92) 0.009

Early-onset BSI 0.64 (0.36, 1.14) 0.13

Discharge year 0.96 (0.93, 0.98) <0.001

HR indicates hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; BSI, bloodstream infection.