Table 3 Relationship between ACS with weight changes during hospitalization in VLBW preterm infants
From: Single-course antenatal corticosteroids is related to faster growth in very-low-birth-weight infant
Variable | Unadjusted coefficient | Adjusted coefficient a |
|---|---|---|
Total | ||
Postnatal age, week | 45.52(40.91,50.12) * | 74.23(56.03,92.42) * |
Non-ACS | 0.00(Reference) | 0.00(Reference) |
Single-course | 23.54(−9.32,56.39) | 1.54(− 29.76,32.84) |
Repeated course | − 19.29(− 48.41,9.82) | − 12.61(− 40.30,15.06) |
Time* single-course | 18.24(10.07,26.42) * | 14.75(6.02,23.49) * |
Time* repeated course | 10.12(2.94,17.31) * | 5.48(−2.24,13.21) |
Repeated course | 0.00(Reference) | 0.00(Reference) |
Single-course | 42.83(5.94,79.71) * | 14.15(−20.38,48.70) |
Time* single-course | 8.12(−1.02,17.26) | 9.27(−0.41,18.96) |
GA < 28 weeks | ||
Postnatal age, week | 34.10(19.85,48.35) * | 53.59(−21.00,128.20) |
Non-ACS | 0.00(Reference) | 0.00(Reference) |
Single-course | −81.72(−201.53,38.09) | −83.94(− 211.27,43.38) |
Repeated course | −38.34(−138.91,62.23) | 3.73(−98.58,106.05) |
Time* single-course | 22.00(−6.99,50.98) | 20.31(−13.07,53.70) |
Time* repeated course | 4.21(−19.85,28.27) | 4.68(−21.17,30.54) |
Repeated course | 0.00(Reference) | 0.00(Reference) |
Single-course | −43.38(−179.30,92.55) | −87.68(− 232.75,57.38) |
Time* single-course | 17.79(−15.27,50.85) | 15.63(−21.84,53.10) |
28 weeks ≤ GA < 32 weeks | ||
Postnatal age, week | 43.27(37.93,48.61) * | 73.43(51.71,95.15) * |
Non-ACS | 0.00(Reference) | 0.00(Reference) |
Single-course | 31.99(−4.93,68.90) | 10.90(−25.09,46.90) |
Repeated course | −14.48(−46.59,17.63) | −14.67(−46.41,17.06) |
Time* single-course | 19.99(10.51,29.46) * | 15.71(5.54,25.88) * |
Time* repeated course | 10.55(2.36,18.73) * | 5.26(−3.66,14.20) |
Repeated course | 0.00(Reference) | 0.00(Reference) |
Single-course | 46.47(5.51,87.42) * | 25.57(−14.02,65.17) |
Time* single-course | 9.43(−1.05,19.92) | 10.44(−0.81,21.69) |
32 weeks ≤ GA < 37 weeksb | ||