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Table 3.

Follow-up Hospitalization Rates^a per Year for 94 Children with BPD Who Were Initially Ventilator Dependent via Tracheostomy at Home, Before and After Decannulation

Diagnosis group	Z-AHI below the median state household	Z-AHI above the median state household	p-Value
Before decannulation
Respiratory	0.92 (0–60)	0.55 (0–16)	0.75
Nonrespiratory	0.26 (0–4.8)	0.21 (0–2.57)	0.94
After decannulation
Respiratory	0 (0–6)	0 (0–0.48)	0.81
Nonrespiratory	0 (0–1.41)	0.09 (0–12)	0.09

^{^a}

Values represent median values (range); p-values were calculated using the Wilcoxon test.