Research Article
Beneficial Effects of Probiotic Treatment on Gut Microbiota in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Table 1
The demographic and clinical features of mothers and their infants between two groups.
| | PB group () | PL group () | OR (95% CI) | value |
| Maternal features | | | | | Age () | | | | 0.7 | C-section (, %) | 5 (62.5) | 3 (37.5) | 2.8 (0.4~21.0) | 0.6 | PROM (, %) | 4 (50) | 1 (12.5) | 7.0 (0.6~86.3) | 0.3 | Pregnancy hypertension (, %) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (12.5) | 1.0(0.0~19.4) | 1.0 | Placenta previa (, %) | 2 (25) | 0 (0) | 0.4 (0.2~0.8) | 0.5 | Antibiotics before delivery (, %) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0) | 0.5 (0.3~0.8) | 1.0 | Neonatal features | | | | | Gestational age (weeks) | | | | 0.2 | Birth weight (grams) | | | | 0.1 | Male (, %) | 6 (75) | 3 (37.5) | 5.0 (10.6~42.8) | 0.3 | SGA (, %) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (12.5) | 1.0 (0.0~19.4) | 1.0 | 1-minute Apgar score | | | | 0.8 | 5-minute Apgar score | | | | 1.0 | Feeding types | | | | | Exclusively formula | 6 (75) | 3 (37.5) | | 0.3 | Breast milk plus formula | 2 (25) | 5 (62.5) | | 0.3 | Antibiotic exposure (, %) | 7 (87.5) | 5 (62.5) | | 0.6 | Clinical complications | | | | | CLD | 4 (50) | 3 (37.5) | | 1.0 | IVH | 2 (25) | 0 (0) | | 0.5 | ROP | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0) | | 1.0 |
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CLD: chronic lung disease; IVH: intraventricular hemorrhage; ROP: retinopathy.
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