Table 3. The incidence of early neonatal outcomes of VLBW infants among NICUs in university hospitals, in state hospitals and in private hospitals.
| University Hospitals (n = 1617) |
State hospitals (n = 1433) |
Private hospitals (n = 331) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth weight, g (mean± SD) | 1119±248A | 1145±245 A | 1212±215 B | <0.001 |
| Antenatal steroid, two doses, % | 49.0 A | 39.8 B | 26.0 C | <0.001 |
| PDA requiring treatment, % | 24.9 | 24.8 | 24.6 | 0.756 |
| Intracranial hemorrhage (>Grade II), % | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 0.566 |
| Late onset sepsis, % | 38 A | 32.0 B | 42.0 C | <0.001 |
| NEC (≥Stage II), % | 8.2 A | 6.4 A | 24.5 B | <0.001 |
| Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, % | 25.9 A | 19.5 B | 29.3 A | <0.001 |
| Severe ROP, % | 10.7 A | 10.9 A | 13.9 B | <0.001 |
PDA: Patent ductus arteriosus, NEC: Necrotizing enterocolitis, ROP: Retinopathy of prematurity
The different capital letters in each row indicate significant differences between the hospital groups.