The Utility of Comprehensive Metabolic Panel Tests for the Prediction of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Premature Infants

Table 3

Multivariate logistic regression of independent risk factors of BPD.

Variates		S.E.	Wald		OR (95% CI)
Birth weight (gr)	-0.004	0.00	7.461	0.006	0.996 (0.994, 0.999)
Gestational age (wk)	-0.296	0.202	2.149	0.143	0.744 (0.501, 1.105)
Intubation	1.259	0.529	5.666	0.017	3.521 (1.249, 9.925)
sEOS	1.825	0.436	17.521	<0.001	6.200 (2.639, 14.568)
C-section	0.006	0.552	0.000	0.991	1.006 (0.341, 2.972)
1-minute Apgar	-0.097	0.108	0.806	0.369	0.907 (0.734, 1.122)
5-minute Apgar	0.349	0.042	0.856	0.355	1.039 (0.958, 1.128)
PDA	0.927	0.412	5.065	0.024	2.527 (1.127, 5.664)
IVH grades III and IV	-0.406	0.717	0.320	0.572	0.667 (0.163, 2.719)
Surfactant	0.213	0.692	0.095	0.758	1.238 (0.319, 4.808)
Total protein (g/L)	0.039	0.042	0.856	0.355	1.039 (0.958, 1.128)
ALP (U/L)	-0.004	0.002	5.209	0.022	0.996 (0.993, 1.000)
Mg (mmol/L)	0.012	0.013	0.773	0.379	1.012 (0.986, 1.039)
Blood urea nitrogen (BUN, mmol/L)	0.117	0.056	4.345	0.037	1.125 (1.007, 1.256)

Abbreviations: gr: gram; wk: week; PDA: patent ductus arteriosus; IVH: intraventricular hemorrhage. sEOS: (suspected) early-onset sepsis is clinical or culture-proven sepsis diagnosed within 72 hours after birth.