Research Article

Risk Factors for the Development of Refeeding Syndrome-Like Hypophosphatemia in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Table 4

Results of the logistic regression analysis for determining the potential risk factors of hypophosphatemia in very low birth weight infants.

PredictorUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
Unadjusted OR95% CI valueAdjusted OR95% CI value

Initial model
 Birth weight1.000.999–1.000.2011.000.999–1.000.228
z score of birth weight1.601.04–2.470.0341.390.853–2.250.187
 PIH0.270.0512–1.380.1150.620.081–4.690.641
 UA-RI7.72E−041.14E−06–0.5230.0310.018.82E−06–17.600.236
 Amino acids0.650.144–2.920.5730.960.155–5.880.961

Final model
 UA-RI7.72E−040.000–0.520.031

Significant associations () are indicated in bold font. CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; PIH: pregnancy-induced hypertension; UA-RI: umbilical artery resistance index.