Table 2.

Peripartum haemoglobin concentration

	Carbetocin (n = 150)	Syntometrine (n = 150)	Mean difference	RR	95% CI
Haemoglobin at onset of labour (g/dl)*	11.6 (1.1)	11.8 (1.2)	−0.2	—	−0.5 to 0
Haemoglobin on postpartum day 2 (g/dl)*	10.2 (1.4)	10.4 (1.5)	−0.2	—	−0.5 to 0.2
Mean fall in haemoglobin (g/dl)*	1.4 (1.1)	1.5 (1.3)	−0.1	—	−0.4 to 0.2
Mean percent drop in haemoglobin concentration*	11.6 (9.4)	12.2 (10.3)	−0.6	—	−2.8 to 1.7
Percent drop of haemoglobin**
>20%	24 (16)	33 (22)	—	0.72	0.3–1.21
>10%	75 (50)	82 (54.7)	—	0.91	0.77–1.90

^*Data are presented as mean (SD).

^**Data are presented as n (%).