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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2018 Mar;29(2):224–229. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000772

Table 3.

Average percentage with a preterm birth and very preterm birth by timing of treatment initiation and the average risk ratio (RR) with average 95% confidence interval (CI) in the intent to treat versus naive analysis, adding measurement error

Intent to treat analysis Naïve analysis
Preterm Category Measurement
Error
Category N % Average RR
(95% CI)
Coverage
interval
N % Average RR
(95% CI)
Coverage
interval
<37 weeks +− 2 Weeks Preconception 186 37.0 0.99 (0.85,1.17) 0.97 186 36.0 1.11 (0.96,1.31) 0.81
During pregnancy 185 37.2 1 154 34.0 1
Excluded women - - - 31 69.9

+− 5 Weeks Preconception 211 42.0 1.00(0.87,1.16) 0.96 211 42.0 1.12 (0.96,1.32) 0.70
During pregnancy 209 41.9 1 1 179 39.4 1 1
Excluded women - - - - 30 67.6 - -

<32 weeks +− 2 Weeks Preconception 38 7.5 0.99 (0.64,1.54) 0.94 38 7.5 1.42 (0.86,2.35) 0.73
During pregnancy 38 7.6 1 25 5.5
Excluded women - 13 23.4

+− 5 Weeks Preconception 56 11.1 1.00 (0.70,1.42) 0.95 56 11.1 1.42 (0.94,2.13) 0.60
During pregnancy 56 11.2 1 1 42 9.2 1 1
Excluded women - - - - 14 32.0 -

<28 weeks +− 2 Weeks Preconception 9 1.7 0.96 (0.36,2.58) 0.97 9 1.7 2.17 (0.79,5.98) 0.81
During pregnancy 9 1.8 1 4 1.0 1
Excluded women - - - 4 25.0 -

+− 5 Weeks Preconception 14 2.8 1.00 (0.47,2.14) 0.94 14 2.8 2.17 (0.79,5.98) 0.69
During pregnancy 14 2.8 1 8 1.8 1
Excluded women - - - - 6 12.7 - -