Table 2.

Primary neonatal outcomes

Neonatal outcome	MPTB	LPTB	Term	Cochran-Armitage Trend p value
Primary Composite	24 (30.0)	35 (12.8)	1 (0.5)	<0.001
RDS	23 (28.8)	32 (11.7)	0 (0)	<0.001
Sepsis	4 (5.0)	6 (2.2)	0 (0)	0.004

Results are n (%). There were no cases of severe retinopathy of prematurity, stage 3 or 4 intraventricular hemorrhage, or periventricular leukomalacia. There was one case of stage 2 or 3 necrotizing enterocolitis in the MPTB group, one case of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in the LPTB group, and one neonatal death in the LPTB group. LPTB, later preterm birth; MPTB, moderately preterm birth; RDS, respiratory distress syndrome; Sepsis, early onset, culture-proven sepsis.