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. 2016 May 21;387(10033):2106–2116. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00350-0

Table 3.

Prespecified subgroup analyses based on baseline risk factors in women entered into the treatment phase of the OPPTIMUM study

Treatment effect
pinteraction
OR or mean difference (95% CI); p value N OR or mean difference (95% CI); p value N
Fibronectin status Negative Negative Positive Positive
Obstetric outcome 0·88 (0·58 to 1·33); 0·542 859 0·91 (0·57 to 1·46); 0·707 338 0·91
Neonatal outcome 0·65 (0·37 to 1·13); 0·129 847 0·64 (0·34 to 1·20); 0·162 329 0·96
Childhood outcome −0·63* (−3·28 to 2·03); 0·644 628 −1·09* (−5·41 to 3·23); 0·612 241 0·86
Cervical length at baseline >25 mm >25 mm ≤25 mm ≤25 mm
Obstetric outcome 0·88 (0·50 to 1·57); 0·672 445 0·69 (0·39 to 1·20); 0·191 251 0·54
Neonatal outcome 0·74 (0·35 to 1·56); 0·432 436 0·54 (0·25 to 1·16); 0·113 246 0·56
Childhood outcome −2·27* (−6·10 to 1·56); 0·247 317 −2·15* (−7·23 to 2·93); 0·408 179 0·97
Cervical length at baseline >15 mm >15 mm ≤15 mm ≤15 mm
Obstetric outcome 0·77 (0·48 to 1·23); 0·274 599 0·91 (0·41 to 2·04); 0·819 97 0·73
Neonatal outcome 0·73 (0·39 to 1·38); 0·334 588 0·49 (0·18 to 1·31); 0·156 94 0·50
Childhood outcome −2·49* (−5·77 to 0·78); 0·137 423 −0·69* (−8·60 to 7·22); 0·865 73 0·68
Chorioamnionitis No No Yes Yes
Obstetric outcome 1·38 (0·55 to 3·45); 0·497 115 2·17 (0·68 to 6·85); 0·190 57 0·55
Neonatal outcome 0·81 (0·22 to 2·96); 0·752 115 2·21 (0·76 to 6·40); 0·148 56 0·24
Childhood outcome −2·30* (−10·30 to 5·70); 0·575 81 −1·08* (−11·91 to 9·76); 0·846 43 0·86
History of spontaneous preterm birth No No Yes Yes
Obstetric outcome 0·99 (0·51 to 1·92); 0·972 273 0·82 (0·58 to 1·16); 0·254 903 0·62
Neonatal outcome 1·22 (0·55 to 2·71); 0·620 270 0·48 (0·29 to 0·79); 0·0042 886 0·053
Childhood outcome −1·11* (−5·96 to 3·73); 0·653 201 −0·14* (−2·79 to 2·52); 0·919 656 0·73
History of any preterm birth No No Yes Yes
Obstetric outcome 1·06 (0·53 to 2·12); 0·868 250 0·81 (0·58 to 1·14); 0·225 946 0·50
Neonatal outcome 1·09 (0·48 to 2·45); 0·836 248 0·52 (0·32 to 0·84); 0·0079 927 0·12
Childhood outcome −0·91* (−5·92 to 4·11); 0·724 187 −0·37* (−2·96 to 2·23); 0·782 681 0·85

Logistic or linear mixed effects regression models predicting outcome from treatment, subgroup and the interaction of treatment with the subgroup variable, adjusting for previous pregnancy of at least 14 weeks and a random effect for study centre.

*

Mean difference.