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. 2024 Apr 24;331(19):1629–1637. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.4303

Table 4. Results of Prespecified Sensitivity Analyses.

Outcome No. (%) Relative risk (95% CI)
Betamethasone (n = 522) Placebo (n = 504) Unadjusted Adjusteda
Lost to follow-up sensitivity analysis
DAS-II General Conceptual Ability <85 all lost to follow-up assumed to have the primary outcome
Yes 125 (23.9) 121 (24.0) 1.00 (0.80-1.24) 0.99 (0.80-1.21)
No 82 (15.7) 87 (17.0) 0.91 (0.69-1.20) 0.94 (0.73-1.22)
Neurocognitive sensitivity analysis b (n = 493) (n = 486)
DAS-II General Conceptual Ability <85 96 (19.5) 103 (21.0) 0.92 (0.72-1.18) 0.94 (0.73-1.22)

Abbreviation: DAS-II, Differential Ability Scales, 2nd Edition.

a

Adjusted by prespecified baseline characteristics including maternal age, gestational age at delivery, child age, sex, maternal education, and center.

b

All who did not participate due to a neuromotor, neurological, cognitive, or behavioral condition were assumed to have the primary outcome.