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. 2018 Jan 22;18:9. doi: 10.1186/s12887-017-0978-6

Table 4.

Factors associated with OP: Results of univariate analysis

Variables Estimate Standard Error P value
Gestational age (weeks) −0.645 0.147 <0.001*
Average biweekly weight (grams) 0.0006 0.0002 0.006*
Caffeine cumulative dose (mg) 0.005 0.001 <0.001*
Caffeine duration (days) 0.051 0.013 <0.001*
Steroids cumulative dose (mg) 0.09 0.046 0.038
TPN duration (days) 0.034 0.012 0.005*
Vitamin D (units) −1.863 0.36 <0.001*
Diuretics cumulative dose (mg) 0.003 0.002 0.20
Serum phosphate (mmol/l)
 Phosphate <1.3 −0.09 0.16 0.57
 Phosphate (1.3–1.8) 0.11 0.33 0.74
 Phosphate >1.8 (ref)
Maternal Parity
 Low parity −0.016 0.42 0.96
 Moderate Parity (ref)

* Means significant