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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 90:F128-F133 doi:10.1136/adc.2003.046268
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Changes in mortality and morbidities among infants born at less than 25 weeks during the post-surfactant era

Table 5

 Adjusted risk of death or major morbidity in group I compared with group II using regression model I with addition of antenatal antibiotics (AABX), antenatal steroids (ANS), and surfactant, separately and in combination, as covariates

Model covariates OR (95% CI) p Value
Group I, birth from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 1994; group II, birth from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 1998.
Model I 0.90 (0.69 to 1.2) 0.41
+AABX 0.86 (0.66 to 1.1) 0.26
+Surfactant 0.89 (0.68 to 1.1) 0.36
+AABX+surfactant 0.85 (0.65 to 1.1) 0.22
+ANS 0.70 (0.52 to 0.94) 0.02
+ANS+AABX 0.70 (0.52 to 0.94) 0.02
+ANS+surfactant 0.69 (0.51 to 0.93) 0.01
+ANS+AABX+surfactant 0.69 (0.51 to 0.93) 0.01

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