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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2014 Oct 15;385(9968):629–639. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61651-2

Table 3. Intervention process measures among women identified as at high risk for preterm birth in intervention clusters.

n/N (%)
Women identified as at high risk for preterm birth by the intervention 6214/48 219* (13%)
Location of identification
 Community level 3741/6214 (60%)
 Primary health care 1666/6214 (27%)
 Hospital 807/6214 (13%)
Location of first dose administration
 Community level 1209/6109 (20%)
 Primary health care 3853/6109 (63%)
 Hospital 1047/6109 (17%)
Maternal conditions at time of antenatal corticosteroid use
 Signs of preterm labour 4789/6214 (77%)
 Preterm premature rupture of membranes 1204/6214 (19%)
 Haemorrhage 432/6214 (7%)
 Hypertension 902/6214 (15%)
 Other 186/6214 (3%)
Estimated gestational age at identification (weeks)
 20–23 8/6026 (<1%)
 24–27 778/6026 (13%)
 28–32 2190/6026 (36%)
 33–36 3031/6026 (50%)
 37–39 19/6026 (<1%)
Received antenatal corticosteroids 6109/6214 (98%)
Antenatal corticosteroid kits with dexamethasone doses (6 mg) used
 1 dose 1316/5973 (22%)
 2 doses 317/5973 (5%)
 3 doses 149/5973 (2%)
 4 doses (complete course) 4191/5973 (70%)

The denominator for all percentages apart from the first is the number of women identified as at high risk for preterm birth by the intervention, excluding missing data (varies by characteristic).

*

48 219 is the total number of pregnant women enrolled in intervention clusters.