Complications | BPD + PH group | BPD alone | Test value | P-value | Sig. | |||
No. | % | No. | % |
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Neonatal sepsis | Yes | 37 | 82.2% | 24 | 53.3% | 8.598* | 0.053 | S |
No | 8 | 17.8% | 21 | 46.7% | ||||
Necrotizing Enterocolitis | Yes | 23 | 51.1% | 14 | 31.1% | 3.717* | 0.054 | NS |
No | 22 | 48.9% | 31 | 68.9% | ||||
Pneumothorax | Yes | 12 | 26.7% | 17 | 37.8% | 1.272* | 0.259 | NS |
No | 33 | 73.3% | 28 | 62.2% | ||||
Intracranial Hemorrhage | Yes | 19 | 42.2% | 15 | 33.3% | 0.756* | 0.384 | NS |
No | 26 | 57.8% | 30 | 66.7% | ||||
Outcome | Death | 29 | 64.4% | 12 | 26.7% | 3.876* | 0.049 | S |
Discharge home | 16 | 35.5% | 33 | 73.3% | ||||
The use of prenatal corticosteroid | Complete course | 6 | 13.3% | 22 | 48.9% | 6.017* | 0.049 | S |
Partial course | 13 | 28.8% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
No prenatal steroid | 26 | 57.7% | 23 | 51.1% | ||||
Maternal Age (Years) | Mean ± SD | 29.04 ± 4.63 | 29.91 ± 8.64 | −0.593• | 0.555 | NS | ||
Range | 18 - 38 | 18 - 66 | ||||||
Choriamnionitis | Yes | 16 | 35.6% | 17 | 37.8% | 0.048* | 0.827 | NS |
No | 29 | 64.4% | 28 | 62.2% | ||||
Maternal Risk factor | Diabetes mellitus | 10 | 22.2% | 12 | 26.6% | 3.965* | 0.432 | NS |
PIH | 19 | 42.2% | 14 | 31.1% | ||||
Others (APH, Severe olighydrmnios, PROM, …) | 13 | 28.8% | 19 | 42.2% |