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Supplemental digital content TABLE 3: Characteristics of Included studies: BPD

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Author Ref Year

Gestational age Mean (SD) or Median (Range)

Method used to identify Ureaplasma

N=

Quality score

UU+ UU+ Culture PCR

Iles 39 1996 26 (24-28) 28 (23-30) Y N 40 13

DaSilva 48 1997 Not reported Not reported Y Y 108 15

Pacifico 47 1997 Not reported Not reported Y N 32 14

Perzigan 49 1998 28 (2.5) Not reported Y N 105 14

Hannaford 50 1999 Not reported Not reported Y Y 112 16

Heggie 40 2001 Not reported Not reported Y N 175 14

Ollikainen 51 2001 28.9 29.2 Y N 124 15

Galetto Lacour 52 2001 Not reported Not reported Y N 45 15

Castro-Alcaraz 53 2002 25.2 (0.1) 28.2(0.03) Y Y 118 16

Mhanna 41 2003 Not reported Not reported Y N 100 13

Adcock 54 2004 Not reported Not reported Y N 44 14

Aaltonen 55 2006 26 (25-29) 26 (23-29) N Y 30 14

Colaizy 42 2007 Not reported Not reported N Y 121 15

Egawa 43 2007 Not reported Not reported N Y 79 15

Yada 44 2010 Not reported Not reported Y N 72 15

Beeton 46 2011 27.04 (3.16) 29.75 (2.65) Y Y 123 15

Ozdemir 45 2011 27.3 (1.8) 28.2 (1.6) Y N 171 16