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