The Impact of Intermittent Hypoxemia on Type 1 Retinopathy of Prematurity in Preterm Infants.

Samaneh Rabienia HaratbarLi ChenQiang ChengDara SinghFaraneh FathiMehrana MohtasebiXuhui LiuAbhijit PatwardhanPrasad BhandaryHenrietta S BadaGuoqiang YuElie G Abu Jawdeh

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)

This study investigates the impact of IH on the development of Type 1 ROP in preterm infants.Univariate analyses revealed that IH measures are greater in infants with Type 1 ROP and are predictive of Type 1 ROP development.Multivariable logistic regression analyses revealed that cumulative IH events of longer duration are associated with Type 1 ROP development after adjusting for GA or BW.Interventions for reducing the duration of IH events during critical postnatal periods may potentially improve ROP outcomes.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
low birth weight
type diabetes
insulin resistance
preterm birth