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. 2015 Dec 1;2015(12):CD010994. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010994.pub2

6. SOF outcome 1.13 Perinatal mortality.

Trial Effect Measure Statistical approach1 Intervention Control
Baqui 2008   Adjusted 2552/32279 1260/15914
Darmstadt 2010   Adjusted 224/4800 255/5472
Fottrell 2013 Risk Ratio (95% CI) adjusted without Tea‐garden residents 0.87 (0.62 to 1.22) Calculated OR 474/9106 503/8834
Kenyon 2012 RR 2.04 (0.51 to 8.12) P = 0.30 Not a cluster trial.
Calculated adjusted OR
6/604 3/616
Kirkwood 2013   Adjusted 288/8035 355/8294
Lewycka 2013a peer counselling only   Adjusted 150/4690 103/2529
Lewycka 2013 women's groups only   Adjusted 173/4773 104/2530
Lund 2012 Adjusted OR 0.50 (0.27 to 0.93) adjusted for clustering and covariates associated with perinatal mortality Straight into RevMman 25/1300 44/1236
Majoko 2007 OR 1.11 (0.89 to 1.39)   185/6614 161/6384
Manandhar 2004   Adjusted as below 123/2972 147/3303
More 2012   Adjusted 205/8017 173/7844
Mori 2015 Unpublished OR 0.49 (0.05 to 4.54) provided by trial statistician (H Noma) adjusted for cluster effect and significant variables Straight into RevMan 1/253 2/248
Persson 2013   Adjusted 283/11906 290/10655
Villar 1992 OR 0.89 (95% CI 0.55 to 1.47) Straight into RevMan 3.6% of 1033 4% of 1040
Villar 2001 (WHO 2001) From Vogel 2013 Adjusted RR 1.18 (1.01 to 1.37). Adjusted for clustering and for risk strata, smoking, education less than primary, hospital admission in last pregnancy, previous surgery on reproductive tract, late booking, vaginal bleeding in the first trimester, age, previous low birth weight, parity. Calculated adjusted OR 234/11672 190/11121

1Piaggio 2001 reports ICC for perinatal mortality of 0.