The relationship between probiotics and retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants: A population-based retrospective study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a retinal vascular disease with a high incidence in premature infants and is a leading cause of childhood blindness worldwide. The purpose of our study was to analyze the association between the use of probiotics and retinopathy of prematurity.

Methods

This study retrospectively collected clinical data of premature infants with gestational age <32 weeks and birth weight <1500 g admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021 in Suzhou Municipal Hospital, China. Demographic and clinical data of the inclusion population were collected. The outcome was the occurrence of ROP. The chi-square test was used to compare categorical variables, while the t-test and the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U ran

SUBMITTER: Bai WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9989163 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature