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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2014 Nov 18;166(2):251–256.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.10.024

Table 2. Outcomes in infants alive with and without PH at 1,2,3,4, and 6 weeks.

Death Death or Prolonged Intubation (≥28 d) Death or Prolonged Respiratory Support (≥56 d) or Home Oxygen*

% Outcome (N) P value AUROC (95% CI) % Outcome (N) P value AUROC (95% CI) % Outcome (N) P value AUROC (95% CI)

Week 1 (n=136) §

 With PH (n=128) 18% (23/128) p=0.35 0.73 25% (32/128) p=0.20 0.72 41% (52/128) p=0.023 0.7
 Without PH (n=8) 0% (0/8) (0.64, 0.82) 0% (0/8) (0.65, 0.81) 0% (0/8) (0.62, 0.79)

Week 2 (n=133)

 With PH (n=86) 23% (20/86) p<0.001 0.87 34% (29/86) p<0.001 0.83 55% (47/86) p<0.001 0.8
 No PH (n=47) 0% (0/47) (0.81, 0.94) 0% (0/47) (0.75, 0.91) 6% (3/47) (0.72, 0.88)

Week 3 (n=128)

 With PH (n=55) 27% (15/55) p<0.001 0.83 40% (22/55) p<0.001 0.77 65% (36/55) p<0.001 0.74
 No PH (n=73) 0% (0/73) (0.70, 0.95) 3% (2/73) (0.64, 0.89) 12% (9/73) (0.64, 0.83)

Week 4 (n=126)

 With PH (n=46) 28% (13/46) p<0.001 0.76 43% (20/46) p<0.001 0.72 65% (30/46) p<0.001 0.73
 No PH (n=80) 0% (0/80) (0.59, 0.93) 3% (2/80) (0.58, 0.86) 16% (13/80) (0.64, 0.83)

Week 6 (n=123)

 With PH (n=34) 26% (9/34) p<0.001 0.91 - - - - 62% (21/34) p<0.001 0.63
 No PH (n=89) 1% (1/89) (0.80, 1.00) 21% (19/89) (0.42, 0.82)
*

Per definition of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in infants >32 weeks gestational age [16]. Nine infants were discharged on O2 prior to 56 days median 37d, range 20-55)

§

Four infants died prior to one week echocardiogram

PH is defined as as estimated pulmonary arterial pressures ≥2/3 systemic pressures

Abbreviations: AUROC - Area under the receiver operating curve; CI - confidence interval; PH - pulmonary hypertension