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. 2022 Dec 15;4:1052827. doi: 10.3389/frph.2022.1052827

Table 9.

Factors determining the major outcomes of the study among pregnant women with preterm premature rupture of membrane.

Predictor variable Stat Outcome variable
5th minute Apgar score NICU admission EONS RDS Perinatal mortality Chor Placental abruption
Use of Abs Aor 0.7 (0.2,2.0) 0.3 (0.1,1.2) 0.3 (0.1,1.5) 1.9 (0.5,6.4 0.6 (0.1,2.3) 1.2 (0.3–5.3) 0.6 (0.2,2.2)
Use of Steroid Aor 0.9 (0.3,3.6) 8.2 (1.8,37.0)*** 0.8 (0.2,2.9) 0.8 (0.2,3.2) 3.3 (0.7,15.4) 1.7 (1.1–29.9) 3.1 (0.9,10.14
GA at ROM Aor 1.1 (0.2,6.0) 4.6 (1.9,31.8)*** 5.9 (1.9,37.0)* 0.6 (0.1–2.6) 0.2 (0.0,1.7) 1.3 (0.2–11.0) 1.2 (0.18,7.48)
GA at D Aor 7.2 (1.1,47.6)* 4.3 (1.9,30.9)*** 0.7 (0.1,6.2) 0.5 (0.1–2.9) 0.3 (0.0,2.9) 0.9 (0.5–1.8) 7.5 (1.2,48.9)*
LP Aor 1.1 (0.4,2.9) 2.0 (0.90, 4.6) 1.2 (0.5,2.9) 1.3 (0.5–3.1) 0.5 (0.1,1.9) 0.6 (0.2–11.0) 0.7 (0.3,2.09
BW Aor 1.9 (0.6–66.9) 1.8 (0.7–5.1) 2.0 (0.9–4.6) 1.5 (0.5–3.9) 0.46 (0.1–1.3) 0.9 (0.3–3.2) 0.2 (0.1,0.8
LD Aor 2.1 (0.2,22.0) 2.8 (0.43–17.9 0.2 (0.1–0.8)* 1.3 (0.24–6.7) 0.3 (0.0–4.2) 0.3 (0.1–13.5) 0.0 (0.0.01,1.4)

Aor, adjusted odd ratio; NICU, Neonatal intensive care unit; EONS, LP, latency period; LD, labor duration; BW, birth weight; Chor, Chorioamnionitis; Early-onset neonatal sepsis; RDS, respiratory distress syndrome; Stat, statistics; Abs,: antibiotics; GA, Gestational age, and ROM, rupture of membrane; D, delivery.

* & *** indicate statistically significant difference at p < 0.01 and p < 0.001, respectively.