Table 2.

Association between prognostic factors and survival of neonates with NEC in our institution.

Variables	HR (95% CI)	p-Value
Sex
Female	1.89 (0.89–4.04)	0.068
Asphyxia
APGAR score <8	1.12 (0.54–2.34)	0.752
Birth weight (Ref: normal birth weight)
Low birth weight	0.87 (0.33–2.32)	0.002*
Very low birth weight	2.75 (0.83–9.13)
Extremely low birth weight	0.45 (0.14–1.46)
Platelet count (Ref: Normal)
Thrombocytopenia	1.84 (0.75–4.53)	0.087
Thrombocytosis	0.62 (0.21–1.80)
NEC staging (Ref: IA-IB)
IIA–IIB	5.83 (2.07–16.40)	0.010*
IIIA–IIIB	3.89 (1.71–8.84)
Type of treatment
Surgery	1.41 (0.65–3.05)	0.343

^*p < 0.05; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis; Ref, reference.