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Table 4 Associations between bacterial vaginosis and adverse outcomes among preterm infants (less than 37 weeks gestation), Washington State, 2003-2013, adjusted for gestational age, maternal age, and maternal race (N = 975)

From: Bacterial vaginosis and adverse outcomes among full-term infants: a cohort study

 

BV exposed

BV unexposed

RR

95 % CI

aRR

95 % CI

N = 267

N = 708

    

n

%

n

%

    

Assisted ventilation at birth

51

19.1

94

13.3

1.44

1.05–1.96

1.23

0.89–1.73

Admission to NICU at birth

124

50.4

246

36.0

1.40

1.20–1.64

1.24

1.04–1.46

Neonatal sepsis

47

17.6

82

11.6

1.52

1.09–2.11

1.31

0.91–1.89

Fetal Mortality

21

7.9

21

3.0

2.65

1.47–4.78

1.25

0.67–2.33

Infant mortality

17

6.9

21

3.1

2.26

1.21–4.22

1.10

0.66–1.84

  1. BV bacterial vaginosis, RR risk ratio, aRR adjusted risk ratio, CI confidence interval, NICU neonatal intensive care unit