The current clinical landscape of neonatal respiratory failure in Jiangsu Province of China: patient demographics, NICU treatment interventions, and patient outcomes

Table 5 Risk factors for major morbidity among surviving infants born at < 32 weeks of gestation or with a birth weight < 1500 g

	Unadjusted OR(95% CI)	Adjusted OR(95% CI)
Higher gestational age	0.70(0.66, 0.74)	0.85(0.70, 1.02)
Higher BW	0.99(0.99, 0.99)	0.99(0.99, 1.00)
Higher Apgar score at 1 min	0.90(0.86, 0.94)	1.16(0.97, 1.39)
Higher Apgar score at 5 min	0.85(0.80, 0.91)	0.86(0.70, 1.07)
A repeat mechanical ventilation	2.30(1.89, 2.81)	2.26(1.81, 2.82)
PS	1.81(1.50, 2.19)	0.98(0.56, 1.73)
Caffeine therapy	2.93(2.31, 3.71)	2.49(1.35, 4.59)

Abbreviations: NRF Neonatal respiratory failure, BW Birth weight, PS Pulmonary surfactant, CI Confidence interval, OR Odds ratio

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