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Published in final edited form as: Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2014 Feb 19;99(4):F263–F268. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304179

Table 3.

Outcomes for Acidotic vs. Non-Acidotic ELBW Infants by Category of Acidosis^†

	Cord pH Values <7 vs. ≥7		BE values <-12 vs. ≥-12
Outcome Variable	Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)^††	Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)^††
Death/NDI	2.3 (1.5,3.6)^**	2.5 (1.6,4.2)^**	1.7 (1.3,2.3)^**	1.5 (1.1,2.0)^*
Death alone	2.1(1.4, 3.1)^**	2.3 (1.5, 3.7)^**	2.1 (1.6, 2.7)^**	1.9 (1.4, 2.6)^**
NDI alone	1.9 (1.1, 3.2)^*	1.9 (1.0,3.4)^*	1.1 (0.8, 1.7)	1.1 (0.7, 1.6)
Grade III/IV IVH	1.9 (1.2,3.0)^*	1.7 (1.0,2.9)^*	1.8 (1.3,2.4)^**	1.6 (1.1,2.3)^*
Seizures	1.4 (0.8, 2.6)	1.4 (0.7,2.6)	1.7 (1.2,2.5)^*	1.4 (.9,2.2)
Respiratory distress	1.1 (0.4,3.6)	X	1.1 (0.5,2.5)	X
BPD	1.2 (0.7,2.0)	1.5 (0.8,2.7)	1.0 (0.7,1.4)	1.0 (0.7,1.5)
Proven NEC	0.7 (0.4, 1.6)	0.8 (0.4,1.8)	0.8 (0.5,1.3)	0.8 (0.5,1.3)
ROP	0.7 (0.4, 1.4)	X

^†

all values adjusted for Bayley version

^††

It adjusted for GA, BW, sGa, multiple gestation, race/ethnicity, sex, ANS, center, and maternal hypertension, hemorrhage, and antenatal antibiotics

^*

p < 0.05

^**

p < 0.001

x unable to calculate