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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 90:F117-F122 doi:10.1136/adc.2004.056440
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Vitamin C supplementation in very preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial

Table 6

 Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for oxygen requirement a 28 days and 36 weeks postgestational age, and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), related to plasma ascorbic acid concentrations (30 unit increases) after adjustment for gestational age and CRIB score by logistic regression and at each time point

Day Oxygen at 28 days Oxygen at 36 weeks ROP
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
2 0.685 0.421 to 1.117 0.840 0.530 to 1.330 0.859 0.458 to 1.1612
10 0.982 0.511 to 1.887 0.890 0.536 to 1.447 1.162 0.662 to 2.037
21 1.693 0.893 to 3.209 0.866 0.449 to 1.669 1.211 0.567 to 2.586
28 1.124 0.495 to 2.550 1.067 0.541 to 2.108 0.650 0.219 to 1.930

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