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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2017 Mar 6;186:49–56.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.01.057

Table 2.

Patterns of oxygenation in AGA and SGA infants randomized to a lower versus higher oxygen saturation target

(LS-mean±SEM) First 3 Days of Life p value
Median SpO2 (%) vs Higher Target:AGA vs Higher Target:SGA vs Lower Target:AGA
 Higher Target: AGA 94.6 ± 0.1
 Higher Target: SGA 93.6 ± 0.4 0.012
 Lower Target: AGA 93.0 ± 0.1 <0.0001 0.083
 Lower Target: SGA 90.8 ± 0.4 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
  P (interaction) 0.02
Time <80% (%)
 Higher Target: AGA 1.8 ± 0.1
 Higher Target: SGA 2.2 ± 0.4 0.367
 Lower Target: AGA 3.1 ± 0.1 <0.0001 0.0365
 Lower Target: SGA 4.6 ± 0.5 <0.0001 0.0003 0.0038
  P (interaction) 0.11
Shorter IH (no./day)
 Higher Target: AGA 8.0 ± 0.5
 Higher Target: SGA 8.6 ± 1.5 0.726
 Lower Target: AGA 13.3 ± 0.5 <0.0001 0.0031
 Lower Target: SGA 16.0 ± 1.7 <0.0001 0.0012 0.1135
  P (interaction) 0.34
Longer IH (no./day)
 Higher Target: AGA 6.3 ± 0.4
 Higher Target: SGA 8.0 ± 1.3 0.205
 Lower Target: AGA 10.7 ± 0.4 <0.0001 0.0386
 Lower Target: SGA 17.9 ± 1.4 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
  P (interaction) 0.006

Intermittent Hypoxemia (IH); Shorter IH, 20sec–1min; Longer IH, 1–5min