Table 2.

Perinatal Outcomes with Group versus Traditional Prenatal Care

Perinatal outcome*	Group Care n=207	Traditional Care n=414	P-value	RR (95% CI)
Primary outcome
Low Birthweight < 2500g	23 (11.11)	81 (19.57)	<0.01	0.57 (0.37–0.87)
Secondary Outcomes
Early Term Delivery (37.0–38.6)	73 (38.02)	96 (29.81)	0.06	1.28 (1.00–1.63)
Cesarean delivery	29 (14.01)	103 (24.88)	<0.01	0.56 (0.39–0.82)
Low 5 minute APGAR score (<7)	3 (1.45)	24 (5.80)	0.01	0.25 (0.08–0.82)
Special Care Nursery	18 (8.70)	61 (14.73)	0.03	0.59 (0.36–0.97)
NICU admission	3 (1.45)	27 (6.52)	0.01	0.22 (0.07–0.72)
Neonatal Demise	1 (0.48)	5 (1.21)	0.38	0.40 (0.05–3.40)

Data presented as n (%)

NICU-neonatal intensive care unit admission

Bolded items denote significance p<0.05