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Table 1 Association of maternal and neonatal characteristics in patients who used or did not use ranitidine in a Brazilian NICU, 2014–2015

From: Use of ranitidine is associated with infections in newborns hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit: a cohort study

Variable

Not exposed to Ranitidine

Exposed to Ranitidine

p-value

n = 185

n = 115

Maternal and prenatal care information

 Age mother, mean (SD)

25.0 (7.2)

24.5 (6.8)

0.53a

  > 6 visits prenatal care, n (%)

56 (30.3)

34 (29.6)

0.89b

 Hypertension, n (%)

16 (8.6)

13 (11.3)

0.45b

 Diabetes Mellitus, n (%)

1 (0.5)

1 (0.9)

0.73b

 Gestational diabetes, n (%)

1 (0.5)

1 (0.9)

0.73b

 Caesarean section delivery, n (%)

95 (51.4)

47 (40.9)

0.08b

Characteristics of the neonates

 Male, n (%)

88 (47.6)

60 (52.2)

0.44b

 Twins, n (%)

31 (16.8)

19 (16.5)

0.95b

 Gestational age, median (IQR)

32 (31–34)

32 (30–33)

0.26c

 Birth weight (g), median (IQR)

1474 (1163–1863)

1410 (1150–1810)

0.29c

 Apgar score at 1 min, median (IQR)

7 (5–8)

7 (5–8)

0.24c

 Apgar score at 5 min, median (IQR)

9 (8–9)

8 (8–9)

0.16c

Devices used by the neonate

 Duration of mechanical ventilation (d), mean (SD)

2.0 (3.3)

5.5 (7.2)

<0.001a

 Duration of umbilical catheter (d), mean (SD)

1.9 (2.6)

2.8 (2.7)

0.007a

 Duration of central catheter peripherally inserted (d), mean (SD)

4.0 (6.0)

7.2 (8.2)

<0.001a

 Duration of orogastric tube (d), mean (SD)

19.9 (15.3)

11.9 (9.3)

<0.001a

 Duration of parenteral nutrition (d), mean (SD)

3.0 (4.3)

5.9 (5.4)

<0.001a

  1. d days, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range
  2. aT-Student test
  3. bChi-Square test
  4. cMann-Whitney U test