. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 31.

Published in final edited form as: Soc Work Health Care. 2009 Jan;48(1):90–103. doi: 10.1080/00981380802451210

Table 2. Unadjusted Rates of Neonatal and Maternal Outcomes by Study Group.

	Unadjusted rates (%)^*
Outcomes	ESP	ES	C
Neonatal Outcomes
Assisted ventilation	2.0	0.7	2.2
Low birth weight (<2500gm)	3.2	3.7	6.6
Preterm delivery (<35 wks gestational age)	0.4	1.1	2.2
NICU admission	10.8	10.2	10.4
Rehospitalization^†	1.6	2.9	4.1
Maternal Outcomes
Preterm labor	6.4	7.3	9.1
Preeclampsia	5.2	4.8	4.1

ESP, Early Start Plus; ES, Early Start; C, Control; NICU, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

All p-values > 0.05 based on pair-wise comparisons using Fisher exact test, as computed by the MULTEST procedure in SAS

^†

Within 2 weeks of discharge from birth/delivery hospitalization