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. 2019 Feb 14;7(3):e347–e356. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30526-6

Table 3.

Additional information on primary outcomes

Pre-intervention
Post-intervention
Planned adjusted comparison (trend and step)* Adjusted comparison (bent stick)*
n/N (%) Rate per 10 000 deliveries n/N (%) Rate per 10 000 deliveries
Place of death (as % of all deaths)
Central referral facility 428/451 (94·9%) .. 522/546 (95·6%) .. .. ..
Peripheral facility 12/451 (2·7%) .. 17/546 (3·1%) .. .. ..
Community 11/451 (2·4%) .. 7/546 (1·3%) .. .. ..
Cause of death
Obstetric haemorrhage 147/451 (32·6%) 6·0 212/546 (38·8%) 7·3 0·86 (0·56–1·33) 0·56 (0·29–1·05)
Pregnancy-related sepsis 67/451 (14·9%) 2·7 74/546 (13·6%) 2·6 .. ..
Other sepsis 15/451 (3·3%) 0·6 13/546 (2·4%) 0·5 .. ..
Hypertensive disorder in pregnancy (eclampsia, pre-eclampsia, or stroke) 81/451 (18·0%) 3·3 123/546 (22·5%) 4·3 0·76 (0·46–1·25) 2·07 (0·33–13·12)
Other 141/451 (31·3%) 5·7 125/546 (22·9%) 4·3 0·88 (0·62–1·24) 0·54 (0·05–5·73)
Place of first eclamptic fit
Central referral facility 506/1314 (38·5%) 20·5 333/1378 (24·2%) 11·5 0·56 (0·33–0·97) 1·17 (0·53–2·55)
Peripheral facility 280/1314 (21·3%) 11·3 363/1378 (26·3%) 12·6 1·55 (1·10–2·20) 1·35 (0·17–10·45)
Community 528/1314 (40·2%) 21·4 682/1378 (49·5%) 23·6 1·02 (0·56–1·86) 2·78 (0·65–11·89)
Cause of hysterectomy
Postpartum haemorrhage 112/316 (35·4%) 4·5 148/365 (40·5%) 5·1 1·23 (0·72–2·10) 0·45 (0·11–1·09)
Ruptured uterus 151/316 (47·8%) 6·1 172/365 (47·1%) 6·0 0·87 (0·41–1·84) 0·12 (0·02–0·82)
Sepsis 21/316 (6·6%) 0·8 25/365 (6·8%) 0·9 .. ..
Other 32/316 (10·1%) 1·3 20/365 (5·5%) 0·7 .. ..

Data are n/N (%) or odds ratio (95% CI) unless otherwise stated.

*

Adjusted for cluster effect, time from start of study (with an interaction between cluster and time so that each cluster had its own underlying time trend), and total time on the randomised intervention.