Table 1.
Maternal and newborn characteristics for eligible births*
| Control group | Intervention group | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal characteristics | |||
| Maternal age, years | |||
| <18 | 155/1385 (11·2%) | 200/1288 (15·5%) | |
| 18–35 | 1157/1385 (83·5%) | 1033/1288 (80·2%) | |
| >35 | 73/1385 (5·3%) | 55/1288 (4·3%) | |
| Caesarean delivery | 311/1359 (22·9%) | 172/1289 (13·3%) | |
| Multiple gestation | 382/1770 (21·6%) | 313/1608 (19·5%) | |
| Infant characteristics | |||
| Low birthweight (<2500 g) | 1343/1770 (75·9%) | 1187/1608 (73·8%) | |
| Gestational age <37 weeks | 1182/1725 (68·5%) | 1098/1577 (69·6%) | |
| Apgar score <7 at 5 min after birth for livebirths† | 225/1447 (15·5%) | 112/1512 (7·4%) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 840/1755 (47·9%) | 758/1603 (47·3%) | |
| Female | 915/1755 (52.1%) | 845/1603 (52·7%) | |
Data are n/N (%), where n is the numerator for the specific category in the control or intervention group, and N is the total number of non-missing observations for the respective variable in the control or intervention group.
*
Eligible births are fresh stillbirths and livebirths of babies weighing between 1000 g and 2499 g irrespective of gestational age, or between 2500 g and 2999 g with a recorded gestational age less than 37 weeks.
†
Excluding stillbirths.