Table 4.

Primary clinical outcomes among women with a singleton gestation and their infants

	Intervention group	Routine-care group	Adjusted RR (95% CI)	Adjusted p-value
Infants	n = 474	n = 496
Any serious perinatal complication	7 (1.5)	23 (4.6)	0.33 (0.14–0.76)	0.01
Death	0 (0.0)	5 (1.0)		0.07
Shoulder dystocia	7 (1.5)	16 (3.2)	0.46 (0.19–1.12)	0.09
Bone fracture	0 (0.0)	1 (0.2)		0.38
Nerve palsy	0 (0.0)	3 (0.6)		0.11
Admission to neonatal nursery	330 (69.6)	294 (59.3)	1.15 (1.04–1.26)	0.004
Jaundice requiring phototherapy	44 (9.3)	42 (8.5)	1.06 (0.71–1.59)	0.76
Women	n = 474	n = 496
Induction of labour	183 (38.6)	148 (29.8)	1.34 (1.13–1.60)	0.001
Caesarean delivery	142 (30.0)	153 (30.8)	0.97 (0.80–1.17)	0.76

Values are number (%) of babies or women

Adjusted for maternal age, race or ethnic group, and parity