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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: BJOG. 2014 Feb 28;121(9):1137–1144. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.12642

Table 2.

Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes for TOL vs PLC

Maternal Outcomes TOL
n=1078
(%)
PLC
n=1147
(%)
Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
Abruptio Placentae 10 (1.2) 1 (0.1) 10.9 (1.4–85.1) 8.6 (1.1–69.7)
Estimated Blood Loss
≥ 1000 mL
120 (14.7) 264 (29.1) 0.4 (0.3–0.5) 0.5 (0.4–0.7)
Postpartum
Hemorrhage
53 (6.6) 20 (2.7) 2.5 (1.5–4.3) 2.5 (1.4–4.5)
Blood Transfusion 55 (5.7) 38 (3.7) 1.6 (1.02–2.4) 1.9 (1.2–3.2)
Chorioamnionitis 38 (4.5) 2 (0.2) 21.3 (5.1–88.8) 23.1 (5.3–99.7)
Hysterectomy 1 (0.1) 2 (0.2) 0.5 (0.05–5.9) *
ICU Admission 1 (0.1) 6 (0.6) 0.2 (0.02–1.5) 0.3 (0.03–2.4)
Maternal Death 1 (0.1) 0 * *
Neonatal Outcomes Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
Birth Injury
  Twin A 11 (1.0) 0 * *
  Twin B 4 (0.4) 0 * *
5 minute APGAR < 7
  Twin A 13 (1.2) 7 (0.6) 2.0 (0.8–5.0) 3.9 (1.05–14.5)
  Twin B 17 (1.6) 7 (0.6) 2.6 (1.1–6.4) 3.9 (1.3–12.3)
NICU Admission
  Twin A 154 (14.3) 164 (14.3) 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 1.1 (0.8–1.4)
  Twin B 170 (15.8) 162 (14.1) 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 1.0 (0.8–1.4)
Respiratory Distress
Syndrome
  Twin A 22 (2.0) 23 (2.0) 1.0 (0.6–1.8) 1.0 (0.5–2.0)
  Twin B 31 (2.9) 26 (2.3) 1.3 (0.8–2.2) 1.2 (0.6–2.2)
Transient Tachypnea of
the Newborn
  Twin A 34 (3.2) 71 (6.2) 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 0.6 (0.3–0.9)
  Twin B 42 (3.9) 67 (5.8) 0.7 (0.5–0.97) 0.5 (0.3–0.9)
Neonatal Sepsis
  Twin A 25 (2.3) 16 (1.4) 1.7 (0.9–3.2) 1.8 (0.8–4.1)
  Twin B 19 (1.8) 13 (1.1) 1.6 (0.8–3.2) 1.2 (0.5–2.8)
Neonatal Asphyxia
  Twin A 3 (0.3) 1 (0.1) 3.2 (0.3–30.8) 5.0 (0.4–55.7)
  Twin B 2 (0.2) 0 * *
NICU LOS ≥ median
Twin A ≥ 4.0 days 79 (59.0) 99 (65.1) 0.8 (0.5–1.2) 1.0 (0.5–1.9)
Twin B ≥ 5.0 days 76 (50.7) 78 (53.1) 0.9 (0.6–1.4) 0.6 (0.3–1.1)
Neonatal Death
  Twin A 2 (0.2) 0 * *
  Twin B 2 (0.2) 2 (0.2) 1.0 (0.1–7.3) 0.5 (0.1–3.8)
*

Regression model does not fit, due to low outcome occurrence