Table 2.
Rates and risks of the composite outcome of death, sepsis, and/or necrotising enterocolitis, in 345 very preterm infants.
| No Probiotics N = 206 n (%) |
Probiotics N = 139 n (%) |
Crude RR (95% CI) |
Adjusted RR a (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composite outcome of death, sepsis and/or necrotising enterocolitis | 19 (9.2) | 6 (4.3) | 0.47 (0.19–1.14) | 0.44 (0.18–1.08) |
| Single outcomes of death, sepsis, or necrotising enterocolitis | ||||
| - Death | 2 (1.0) | 0 (0) | - | - |
| - Sepsis | 15 (7.2) | 5 (3.6) | 0.49 (0.18–1.33) | 0.46 (0.17–1.23) |
| - Necrotising enterocolitis | 7 (3.4) | 2 (1.4) | 0.42 (0.09–2.00) | 0.41 (0.08–1.96) |
a risks adjusted for gestational age (days) and birth weight (Fenton z-score).