Table 4.
Average daily total intake of infants <28 weeks of gestation during the first 14 days.
|
No/mild BPD
n = 94 |
Moderate/severe BPD
n = 59 |
Before risk adjustment | After risk adjustmenta | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rho | p-value | rho | p-value | |||
| Total fluid intake (ml/kg) | 72.82 (0.00; 140.10) | 58.84 (26.49; 122.77) | −0.342 | <0.0001 | 0.000 | 0.999 |
| Total caloric intake (kcal/kg) | 39.40 (0.00; 80.33) | 40.73 (22.31; 77.06) | −0.286 | <0.0001 | −0.169 | 0.041 |
| Carbohydrates (g/kg) | 7.15 (0.00; 12.36) | 7.43 (4.67; 13.76) | −0.375 | 0.008 | −0.210 | 0.011 |
| Protein (g/kg) | 1.61 (0.00; 3.41) | 1.56 (0.77; 2.83) | −0.038 | 0.641 | −0.037 | 0.658 |
| Lipids (g/kg) | 0.38 (0.00; 2.43) | 0.31 (0.00; 3.20) | −0.148 | 0.068 | −0.063 | 0.447 |
| Iron (mg/kg) | 0.15 (0.00; 0.29) | 0.13 (0.00; 0.37) | −0.201 | 0.013 | −0.070 | 0.402 |
| Zinc (mg/kg) | 0.11 (0.00; 0.26) | 0.09 (0.00; 0.25) | −0.130 | 0.110 | −0.057 | 0.496 |
| Vitamin A (mg/kg) | 0.03 (0.00; 0.06) | 0.03 (0.00; 0.17) | −0.067 | 0.409 | −0.060 | 0.474 |
| Vitamin E (mg/kg) | 0.31 (0.00; 0.60) | 0.25 (0.00; 1.55) | −0.152 | 0.060 | −0.066 | 0.428 |
Data are presented as median and interquartile range (Q1; Q3). p < 0.05, Spearman's correlation coefficient. The statistically significant results are indicated by bold print.
a
After risk adjustment for gestational age, birth weight, sex, multiple birth, and antenatal corticosteroid exposure.