title: Incidence and risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity in neonates.
abstract: We screened 50 neonates fulfilling the inclusion criteria admitted during the study period in a teaching hospital in a north-eastern state of India. Out of 50 neonates screened, 22 (44%) developed retinopathy of prematurity. There was significant association between the birth weight and gestational age of the baby at the time of the delivery with the development of ROP. Multivariate analysis of risk factors for development of ROP using a stepwise method, after controlling for various potential confounders, showed that apnea was a significant risk factor for the development of retinopathy of prematurity.
authors.affiliation: Departments of *Ophthalmology and Pediatrics, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim; and #Community Medicine, College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, The West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Kalyani, West Bengal, India. drriteshsingh@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mahuya Pal
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.forename: Ritesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sudip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Datta
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors