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. 2022 Aug 3;12(8):e055567. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055567

Table 3.

Risk factors for visual impairment* (n=73) in univariate logistic regression

Birth characteristics OR 95% CI P value
Gestational age, weeks 0.576 0.337 to 0.987 0.045
Birth weight, g 1.000 0.997 to 1.003 0.927
Birth weight SDS, SD 1.175 0.902 to 1.531 0.231
Sex, boys 1.583 0.931 to 2.691 0.090
Co-morbidities
 Bronchopulmonary dysplasia 1.904 0.768 to 4.718 0.164
 Necrotising enterocolitis 1.106 0.596 to 2.052 0.750
 Any ROP 1.944 0.561 to 6.735 0.224
 ROP treatment 2.244 1.311 to 3.842 0.003

*Referred to low vision clinic at any age and/or visual acuity <20/60 if 3.5 years and older at the latest ophthalmological examination.

ROP, retinopathy of prematurity; SDS, SD score.