Table 6. Multivariate analysis on aggressive nutrition and the risk for PNAC.

	Adjusted OR	CI	P
Aggressive Nutrition	0.273	0.115–0.645	0.003
Male Sex	2.163	0.951–4.920	0.066
Sepsis	1.097	0.468–2.573	0.832
NEC and/or GI surgery	1.214	0.468 –2.573	0.764
Birth Weight	0.998	0.994–1.002	0.325
Total days on PN	1.054	1.028–1.081	0.000
Z-score of birth weight	0.415	0.232–0.734	0.003

Notes.

Binary logistic regression analysis showing the corrected odds for aggressive nutrition and PNAC correcting for the co-variates male sex, sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and/or gastrointestinal (GI) surgery, birth weight, duration of parenteral nutrition (PN) and the degree of growth retardation at birth.

OR

odds ratio

CI

95% confidence interval

P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant and printed in bold letters.