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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmol Retina. 2020 Sep 11;5(6):580–592. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2020.09.004

Table 1:

Demographics, systemic and ocular health information of the preterm infants included in the study.

Demographic information Preterm
N=85
Gestational Age (wks), mean (SD) 28 (2)
Birth Weight (gm), mean (SD) 976 (269)
Age at Imaging (wks, PMA), mean(SD) 36 (0.6)
Sex, n (%)
 Male 43 (51)
Race, n (%)
 African-American 38 (45)
 Mixed 5 (6)
 Asian 3 (3)
 Caucasian 39 (46)
Ethnicity, n (%)
 Hispanic 7 (8)
 Non-Hispanic 78 (92)
Systemic Health, n (%)
 Maternal antenatal steroids 78 (92)
 Patent ductus arteriosus 38 (45)
 Treatment with Indomethacin 13 (15)
 Early onset sepsis 2 (2)
 Late onset sepsis 11 (13)
 H/O transfusion 64 (75)
 Intraventricular hemorrhage 8 (9)
 Periventricular leukomalacia 5 (6)
 Bronchopulmonary dysplasia 11 (13)
 Necrotizing enterocolitis 5 (6)
Ocular health information of the preterm infants by eyes
OD (N=84)* OS (N=85) p
value
ROP stage at the time of imaging, n (%) 0.29
 Stage 0 47 (56) 48 (57)
 Stage 1 14 (17) 15 (18)
 Stage 2 22 (26) 20 (23)
 Stage 3 1 (1) 2 (2)
Plus disease at the time of imaging, n (%) 0.14
 None 80 (95) 80 (94)
 Pre-Plus 1 (1) 4 (5)
 Plus 3 (4) 1 (1)
ROP zone at the time of imaging, n (%) 0.77
 I 8 (10) 9 (11)
 II 57 (68) 58 (68)
 III 16 (19) 15 (18)
 Fully Vascularized 3 (4) 3 (3)
Maximum ROP Stage, n (%) 0.22
 Stage 0 36 (43) 38 (45)
 Stage 1 14 (17) 14 (16)
 Stage 2 24 (28) 23 (27)
 Stage 3 10 (12) 9 (11)
 stage 4 0 (0) 1 (1)
ROP Treatment*, n (%) -
 Bevacizumab & laser photocoagulation 4 (5) 5 (6)
 Laser photocoagulation 3 (3) 3 (3)
 No Therapy 77 (92) 77 (91)
*

One eye of one infant excluded for analysis due to early treatment for ROP

**

Subsequent to current exam visit; PMA: postmenstrual age; SD: standard deviation; OD: right eye, OS: left eye