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Table 4 Risk factors of NICU stay in neonates with RSV related LRIs

From: Epidemiological and clinical profiles of respiratory syncytial virus infection in hospitalized neonates in Suzhou, China

Parameters

NICU

Ward

Crude OR (95 % CI)

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)

P

n = 48

n = 326

Sex (male, %)

28 (58.3)

196 (60.1)

0.929 (0.502–1.718)

0.692 (0.353–1.357)

0.284

Prematurity (n, %)

10 (20.8)

10 (3.1)

8.316 (3.252–21.265)

6.679 (2.279–19.580)

0.001

Early neonate (n, %)a

3 (6.3)

6 (1.8)

3.556 (0.859–14.719)

3.897 (0.845–17.972)

0.081

Low Birth Weight (n, %)

5 (10.4)

8 (2.5)

4.622 (1.446–14.771)

1.651 (0.427–6.388)

0.468

Co-infection with other viruses (n, %)

10 (20.8)

20 (6.1)

4.026 (1.755–9.239)

2.720 (1.047–7.065)

0.040

Underlying diseases (n, %)

9 (18.8)

29 (8.9)

2.363 (1.042–5.361)

2.831 (1.183–6.774)

0.019

  1. aEarly neonate indicates age less than one week. NICU neonatal intensive care unit, OR Odds Ratio, RSV respiratory syncytial virus, LRI lower respiratory tract infection