Table 4.

Association between infection and time of antibiotic administration

Outcomes	Randomisation groups				Risk ratio (95% CI)	P value
	Pre-incision		Post-incision
	Total population = 211		Total population = 221
	Events	Risk	Events	Risk
Postoperative infections
Overall infections	139	0.659	188	0.851	0.77 (0.62–0.97)	0.022
Wound infection	108	0.512	136	0.615	0.83 (0.64–1.08)	0.153
Endometritis	31	0.147	52	0.235	0.62 (0.39–0.99)	0.036
Neonatal outcomes*	3	0.014	1	0.004	3.14 (0.25–164.95)	0.352

*Admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and treatment for infection;

CI, confidence interval.