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. 2016 Dec 26;113(51-52):871–878. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2016.0871

Table 3. Results of multiple logistic regression analysis.

Variable OR (99% CI) p
Factors influencing cognitive development*
Severe brain injury (IVH III/PVH/PVL) 7.36 [2.52; 21.51] 0.000
Lower maternal educational attainment 3.83 [1.68; 8.77] 0.000
Birth weight <750g 2.50 [1.11; 5.63] 0.004
Mechanical ventilation >2 weeks 1.96 [0.91; 4.24] 0.024
Surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis 1.58 [0.22; 11.23] 0.546
Sex, male 1.43 [0.70; 2.91] 0.197
Sepsis 1.27 [0.61; 2.63] 0.396
<26 weeks’ gestation 1.19 [0.52; 2.72] 0.587
Multiple births 1.14 [0.50; 2.59] 0.679
Patent ductus arteriosus 1.06 [0.49; 2.29] 0.853
Spontaneous delivery 0.83 [0.28; 2.47] 0.653
Migration background, at least 1 parent 0.65 [0.30; 1.44] 0.164
Factors influencing the development of cerebral palsy
Severe brain injury (IVH III/PVH/PVL) 38.28 [12.55; 116.80] 0.000
Mechanical ventilation >2 weeks 2.74 [0.89; 8.41] 0.021
Sex, male 1.81 [0.63; 5.20] 0.146
<26 weeks’ gestation 1.67 [0.48; 5.74] 0.287
Birth weight <750 g 1.37 [0.41; 4.60] 0.505
Sepsis 1.22 [0.43; 3.48] 0.624
Surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis 1.17 [0.11; 12.78] 0.867
Lower maternal educational attainment 1.14 [0.40; 3.22] 0.754
Multiple births 0.93 [0.27; 3.17] 0.877
Migration background, at least 1 parent 0.68 [0.20; 2.27] 0.404
Spontaneous delivery 0.67 [0.15; 3.01] 0.487
Patent ductus arteriosus 0.31 [0.09; 1.14] 0.021

*IQ <85 versus IQ = 85

IQ,intelligence quotient; IVH III, grade 3 intraventricular hemorrhage; 99% CI, 99% confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; PVH, periventricular hemorrhage; PVL, periventricular leukomalacia