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Table 3 Logistic regression with piglet deceased or alive at weaning as outcome

From: Blood-glucose levels in newborn piglets and the associations between blood-glucose levels, intrauterine growth restriction and pre-weaning mortality

Variable

Odds ratio

SE1

p-value

95% CI2

Intercept

7.17

17.98

0.433

[0.05, 981.44]

Blood-glucose level in one-day-old piglets (mmol/l)

 Lower quartile

Baseline

 Second quartile

0.32

0.18

0.046

[0.11, 0.98]

 Third quartile

0.13

0.09

0.004

[0.03, 0.52]

 Upper quartile

0.13

0.09

0.004

[0.03, 0.52]

Cross-fostered

 No

Baseline

 Yes

0.11

0.07

0.001

[0.03, 0.38]

Litter size

0.97

0.11

0.76

[0.78, 1.20]

BMI

0.99

0.05

0.842

[0.89, 1.10]

  1. n = 426 piglets from 31 litters
  2. 1 - Standard error, 2 – Confidence interval,