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. 2021 Mar 12;36(2):463–469. doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01455-8

Table 2.

Risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity.

BPD
(range)
Days of oxygen
(range)
Days of invasive ventilation
(range)
Early-onset sepsis
(%)
Late-onset sepsis
(%)
PIVH
(%)
PVL
(%)
Small for GA
(%)
NEC
(%)
Thrombocytopenia
(<150.000/mml)
(%)
RBC transfusion
(%)
RBC transfusion
first week
(%)

Initial cohort

(n=431)

144 (33.4)

10

(0–231)

0

(0–121)

182 (42.2) 174 (43.4) 148 (34.3) 62 (14.4) 86 (19.9) 23 (5.3)

181

(42.0)

187

(43.4)

95

(22.0)

No ROP

(n = 323; 74.9%)

66

(20.4)

6

(0–226)

0

(0–86)

113 (35.0) 92 (28.5) 90 (27.9) 34 (10.5) 61 (19.0) 11 (3.4)

116

(35.9)

97

(30.0)

34

(10.5)

ROP

(n = 108; 25.0%)

77

(71.3)

46

(0–231)

11

(0–121)

69 (63.9) 82 (76.0) 58 (53.7) 28 (26.0) 25 (23.1) 12 (11.1)

65

(60.1)

90

(83.3)

61

(56.5)

Type 1 ROP

(n = 25; 5.8%)

22

(88.0)

86

(8–231)

34

(0–121)

17 (68.0) 17 (68.0) 17 (68.0)

9

(36.0)

7

(28.0)

2

(8.0)

16

(64.0)

20

(80.0)

18

(72.0)

DIGIROP cohort (n=257) 134 (52.1)

30

(0–231)

3

(0–121)

143 (55.6) 140 (54.4) 115 (44.7) 51 (19.8)

45

(17.5)

16

(6.2)

127

(49.4)

161

(62.6)

91

(35.4)

No ROP

(n = 156; 60.7%)

57 (36.5)

19

(0–226)

1

(0–86)

76 (48.7) 62 (39.7) 59 (37.8) 23 (14.7)

22

(14.1)

6

(3.8)

64

(41.0)

73

(46.8)

31

(19.8)

ROP

(n = 101; 39.3%)

77 (76.2)

49

(0–231)

12

(0–121)

67 (66.3) 78 (77.2) 56 (55.4) 28 (27.7)

23

22.7)

10

(9.9)

15

(14.8)

88

(87.1)

60

(59.4)

Type 1 ROP

(n = 23; 8.9%)

21 (91.3)

86

(15–231)

34

(0–121)

16 (69.6) 15 (65.2) 16 (69.6)

9

(39.1)

7

(30.4)

2

(8.7)

15

(65.2)

19

(82.6)

19

(82.6)

Cohort excluded from algorithm

(n=174)

11 (6.3)

3

(0–102)

0

(0–102)

39 (22.4) 34 (19.5) 33 (18.9)

11

(6.3)

41

(23.5)

7

(4.0)

54

(31.0)

26

(14.9)

4

(2.3)

No ROP

(n = 167; 96.0%)

9

5.3)

3

(0–56)

0

(0–16)

37 (22.1) 30 (17.9) 31 (18.5)

11

(6.5)

39

(23.4)

5

(3.0)

52

(31.1)

24

(14.4)

3

(1.8)

ROP

(n = 7; 4.0%)

2 (28.6)

19

(1–102)

0

(0–59)

2 (28.6) 4 (57.1% 2 (28.6)

0

(0.0)

2 (28.6) 2 (28.6)

2

(28.6)

2

(28.6)

1

(14.3)

Type 1 ROP

(n = 2; 1.1%)

1 (50.0)

55

(8–102)

30

(0–59)

1

(50.0)

2 (100.0) 1 (50.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

1

(50.0)

1

(50.0)

1

(50.0)