TABLE 3.
Delivery outcomes Data are n (%), mean (SD) or median (IQR)
| Temporizing management | Immediate delivery |
Relative risk (95% CI) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 30) | (n = 25) | |||
| Gestational age at delivery (weeks) | 31.1 (29.3‐33.0) | 30.9 (30.1‐32.3) | 0.14 (−1.00‐1.29) a | .93 |
| Time randomization to delivery (days) | 3 (2‐6) | 1 (0‐2) | −2 (‐1 to ‐3) c | .0004 |
| Total number of children born | 31 | 31 | — | — |
| Stillbirth | 0/31 (0%) | 0/31 (0%) | — | — |
| Gender, girls | 19/31 (61%) | 13/31 (42%) | — | |
| Onset of labor: | ||||
| Spontaneous | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | — | — |
| Induction | 8 (27%) | 14 (56%) | 2.10 (1.06‐4.18) | .03 |
| Elective cesarean section | 22 (73%) | 11 (44%) | 0.60 (0.37‐0.98) | .03 |
| Indication for induction | ||||
| Randomization | 0/8 (0%) | 1/13 (8%) | — | — |
| Fetal condition | 4/8 (50%) | 10/13(77%) | n/c | — |
| Maternal condition | 4/8 (50%) | 0/13 (0%) | n/c | — |
| Other | 0/8 (0.0%) | 2/13 (15%) | n/c | — |
| Indication for cesarean section | ||||
| Randomization | 0/22 (0%) | 7/11 (78%) | n/c | — |
| Fetal condition | 7/22 (32%) | 1/11 (9%) | n/c | — |
| Maternal condition | 15/22 (68%) | 3/11 (27%) | n/c | — |
| Other | 0/22 (0%) | 0/11 (0%) | n/c | — |
| Mode of delivery | ||||
| Vaginal delivery | 3 (10%) | 4 (15%) | 1.06 (0.87‐1.30) | .69 b |
| OVD | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | — | — |
| Cesarean section (elective and emergency) | 27 (90%) | 22 (85%) | 0.94 (0.77‐1.15) | .69 |
| Postpartum blood loss (mL) | 400 (300‐500) | 400 (300‐500) | 0 (−100‐100) c | .90 |
| Postpartum hemorrhage | 3 (10%) | 2 (8%) | ||
| Birthweight (g) | 1294 (386) | 1,440 (297) | 145 (−31.0‐321.3) a | .10 |
| Small for gestational age d | ||||
| <5th percentile | 19 | 10 | 0.53 (0.29‐0.94) | .03 |
| <10th percentile | 22 | 17 | 0.77 (0.52‐1.14) | .20 |
| Large for gestational age d | ||||
| >90th percentile | 2 | 4 | 2.00 (0.39‐10.13) | .67 b |
| >95th percentile | 2 | 4 | 2.00 (0.39‐10.13) | .67 b |
OVD, operative vaginal delivery.
a
Mean difference between groups with 95% CI (two ‐sample t‐test).
b
Fisher's exact test.
c
Hodges‐Lehmann estimator and Mann‐Whitney‐Wilcoxon test.
d
Percentile groups are not mutually exclusive.