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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2017 May 31;187:323–327. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.04.061

Association between vitamin deficiency and clinical outcomes with inverse probability-weighted estimation IPWE*

LOS>3 days ICU admission MV
OR (95 CI) P-value OR (95 CI) P-value OR (95 CI) P-value
VAD 0.74 (0.32–1.69) 0.469 2.54 (0.59–10.88) 0.198 2.36 (0.26–21.74) 0.437
VDD 1.09 (0.48–2.51) 0.834 3.29 (1.20–9.02) 0.018 11.20 (2.27–55.25) <.001
*

LOS, length of hospital stay; ICU, intensive care unit; MV, invasive mechanical ventilation; VAD, vitamin A deficiency; VDD, vitamin D deficiency; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.