Table 5

 Outcome rates standardised for gestational age and CRIB score

LLLHHHp Value
Values are % (95% confidence intervals). Predicted from a logistic regression model equation with gestational age set to 28 weeks and CRIB score set to 2.1, the approximate median values.
CRIB, Clinical risk index for babies23; PMA, postmenstrual age; ROP, retinopathy of prematurity; LL, received low ascorbic acid (AA) supplementation throughout; LH, received low AA until day 10 and then high; HH, received high AA throughout.
Oxygen at 28 days49 (31 to 67)34 (18 to 55)38 (7 to 35)0.28
Oxygen at 36 weeks PMA36 (22 to 55)24 (11 to 42)16 (21 to 59)0.06
ROP30 (14 to 53)34 (15 to 59)32 (15 to 57)0.78