Table 2 Multivariate analysis of mortality

From: Racial/ethnic differences in necrotizing enterocolitis incidence and outcomes in premature very low birth weight infants

Variable

Adjusted odds ratio [95% confidence interval] p value

Medical NEC

Surgical NEC

NEC or death

Death

Race

  White

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  Black

1.50 [1.25–2.00] p < 0.001

1.15 [0.92–1.44] p = 0.19

0.91 [0.87–0.95] p < 0.001

0.82 [0.78–0.87] p < 0.001

  Hispanic

1.57 [1.21–2.04] p = 0.001

1.07 [0.84–1.36] p = 0.06

1.07 [1.01–1.13] p = 0.026

0.98 [0.92–1.05] p = 0.73

  1. Adjusted for birth weight, gestational age, gender, size for gestational age, type of enteral feed, prenatal steroid exposure, ventilator support, and inotropic support
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