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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Feb 20;216(6):600.e1–600.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.02.025

Table 2.

Prior obstetric history of 430 women with births ≤ 35 weeks and recurrence rates after 17-OHPC treatment compared to an historical cohort of 5,787 women with prior preterm birth at Parkland Hospital.

No 17-OHPC 17-OHPC treated P-value
Prior birth < 35 weeks Historical cohort recurrence rate* No. women Recurrence
No. women Rate
Overall 16.8% 430 106 25% 1.0
Para 1 18% 141 44 31% 1.0
Para 2:
 Both ≤ 35 weeks
 Only 2nd birth ≤ 35 weeks
 Only 1st birth ≤ 35 weeks

43%
17%
11%

48
52
39

20
11
2

42%
21%
5%

0.49
0.84
0.18
Para 3+:
 All ≤ 35 weeks
 Other sequences of ≤ 35 weeks

45%
12%

27
123

12
17

44%
14%

0.56
0.78
*

Recurrence rate is derived from the Parkland Obstetric population for 1988–2011 prior to introduction of 17-OHPC.

P-values are one-sided