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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2018 Mar 16;197:97–103.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.056

Table 5.

Neonatal Disease by Maternal Antibiotic Indication

No Antibiotics
(n=218)
CS Prophylaxis
Only (n=33)
GBS Prophylaxis
Only
(n=83)
Premature
Rupture of
Membranes
Only
(n=107)
All other
indications for
antibiotics
(n=139)

NEC 25 (11.4%) 2 (6.1%) 3 (3.6%) 7 (6.5%) 7 (5.0%)
OR = 1.00 OR = 0.49 OR = 0.29 OR = 0.54 OR = 0.41
Referent (0.11–2.21) (0.08–0.99) (0.23–1.29) (0.17–0.97)
P = 0.36 P = 0.05 P = 0.17 P = 0.04

LOS 16 (7.3%) 6 (15.1%) 12 (14.5%) 12 (11.2%) 19 (13.6%)
OR = 1.00 OR = 2.25 OR = 2.13 OR = 1.59 OR = 2.10
Referent (0.77–6.63) (0.96–4.73) (0.73–3.50) (1.05–4.21)
P = 0.14 P = 0.06 P = 0.25 P =0.04

Death 26 (11.9%) 1 (3.0%) 7 (8.4%) 7 (6.5%) 15 (10.7%)
OR = 1.00 OR = 0.23 OR = 0.68 OR = 0.52 OR = 0.88
Referent (0.03–1.76) (0.28–1.63) (0.22–1.23) (0.45–1.74)
P = 0.16 P = 0.39 P = 0.14 P =0.73

NSD 50 (22.9%) 8 (24.2%) 19 (22.9%) 19 (17.8%) 28 (20.1%)
OR = 1.00 OR = 1.07 OR = 0.99 OR = 0.73 OR = 0.84
Referent (0.45–2.53) (0.55–1.82) (0.40–1.31) (0.49–1.41)
P = 0.87 P = 0.99 P =0.29 P =0.51

Parentheses indicate the 95% confidence interval