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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 81:F162-F167 doi:10.1136/fn.81.3.F162
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Role of Ureaplasma urealyticum in lung disease of prematurity

Table 5

Independent predictors of chronic lung disease (c) by multivariate logistic regression analysis

Factor Odds Ratio Confidence Interval Significance
All infants
 Gestational age 0.475-150 0.30–0.75 0.001
 Multiple gestation 3.1 1.2–8.1 0.02
 Antibiotics 2.7 1.0–7.4 0.05
Singletons only
 Gestational age 0.465-150 0.26–0.80 0.006
U urealyticumisolated 3.0 1.0–9.1 0.05
  • 5-150 The odds ratio is the factor by which CLD (c) decreases for each week of gestational age over 24 weeks.

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