Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients included in the study
From: Choroidal measurements in decision making for retinopathy of prematurity: a decision tree analysis
Variable | Label | Need to treat | Treatment type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | Sig. | IVB | Laser | Sig. | ||
Sex | Female | 14 (70%) | 45 (47%) | 0.06 | 7 (58%) | 38 (46%) | 0.41 |
Male | 6 (30%) | 50 (53%) | 5 (42%) | 45 (54%) | |||
Postmenstrual age | Mean ± SD | 42.3 ± 7.8 | 38.7 ± 3.24 | 0.15 | 35.6 ± 5.29 | 39.25 ± 2.52 | 0.001 |
Gestational age | Mean ± SD | 31.2 ± 4.5 | 29.35 ± 1.83 | 0.29 | 28 ± 1.28 | 29.5 ± 1.82 | 0.008 |
Birth weight | Mean ± SD | 1508 ± 590 | 1285 ± 337 | 0.1 | 1121.67 ± 181 | 1310 ± 349 | 0.08 |
Treatment with O2 | Yes | 1 (5%) | 83 (87%) | 0.001 | 10 (83%) | 73 (88%) | 0.65 |
Mechanical ventilation | Yes | 1 (5%) | 35 (37%) | 0.005 | 8 (67%) | 27 (33%) | 0.02 |
Sepsis | Yes | 0 (0%) | 7 (7%) | 0.21 | 1 (8%) | 6 (7%) | 0.89 |
Jaundice | Yes | 1 (5%) | 38 (40%) | 0.003 | 5 (42%) | 33 (40%) | 0.90 |
Blood transfusion | Yes | 0 (0%) | 36 (38%) | 0.001 | 5 (42%) | 31 (37%) | 0.77 |
Anemia | Yes | 0 (0%) | 18 (19%) | 0.03 | 3 (25%) | 15 (18%) | 0.56 |
Gestational diabetes mellitus | Yes | 0 (0%) | 18 (19%) | 0.03 | 2 (17%) | 16 (19%) | 0.82 |
Zone | I | 0 (0%) | 9 (9%) | 0.001 | 4 (33%) | 5 (6%) | 0.001 |
II | 10 (50%) | 81 (85%) | 3 (25%) | 78 (94%) | |||
II posterior | 0 (0%) | 4 (4%) | 4 (33%) | 0 (0%) | |||
III | 5 (25%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | |||
Complete vascularization | 5 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |||
Aggressive posterior ROP | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |||
Stage | 0 | 5 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 0.001 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0.02 |
1 | 9 (60%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (10%) | 0 (0%) | |||
2 | 0 (0%) | 5 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (6%) | |||
3 | 0 (0%) | 76 (86%) | 9 (90%) | 67 (86%) | |||
4 | 0 (0%) | 6 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (8%) | |||
Plus stage | No plus | 17 (100%) | 1 (1%) | 0.001 | 1 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 0.02 |
Pre-plus | 0 (0%) | 15 (17%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (19%) | |||
Plus | 0 (0%) | 72 (82%) | 9 (90%) | 63 (81%) | |||