Table 7:
Demographics of survivors by blood pressure availability by treatment arm
| Missing Blood Pressure | Available Blood Pressure | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placebo | rhEpo | Placebo | rhEpo | interaction | |
| n | N = 139 | N = 150 | N = 258 | N = 233 | p-value |
| Male, n (%) | 62 (44.6%) | 86 (57.3%) | 134 (51.9%) | 116 (49.8%) | 0.048 |
| Gestational Age, n (%) | 0.28 | ||||
| 24 weeks | 42 (30.2%) | 36 (24.0%) | 53 (20.5%) | 49 (21.0%) | |
| 25 weeks | 30 (21.6%) | 40 (26.7%) | 76 (29.5%) | 51 (21.9%) | |
| 26 weeks | 39 (28.1%) | 33 (22.0%) | 67 (26.0%) | 49 (21.0%) | |
| 27 weeks | 28 (20.1%) | 41 (27.3%) | 62 (24.0%) | 84 (36.1%) | |
| Birth weight (g), mean (sd) | 795.1 (170.1) | 815.9 (180.8) | 807.1 (187.6) | 835.1 (196.7) | 0.85 |
| Birth length (cm), mean (sd) | 33.1 (2.5) | 33 (3.1) | 32.9 (2.8) | 33.3 (3.1) | 0.25 |
| Size for Gestational Age, n (%) | 0.57 | ||||
| Large | 16 (11.5%) | 22 (14.7%) | 30 (11.6%) | 23 (9.9%) | |
| Average | 113 (81.3%) | 120 (80.0%) | 202 (78.3%) | 193 (82.8%) | |
| Small | 10 (7.2%) | 8 (5.3%) | 26 (10.1%) | 17 (7.3%) | |
| Apgar 1 min, median (IQR) | 4 (3, 5) | 4 (1.5, 6) | 4 (2, 6) | 4 (2, 6) | 0.82 |
| Apgar 5 min, median (IQR) | 7 (5, 8) | 7 (5, 8) | 7 (5, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | 0.09 |
| OFC (cm), mean (sd) | 23 (1.5) | 23.1 (1.9) | 23.2 (2.1) | 23.3 (1.9) | 0.92 |
| Number of fetuses, mean (sd) | 1.3 (0.5) | 1.3 (0.6) | 1.3 (0.5) | 1.3 (0.6) | 0.95 |
| Prenatal steroids, n (%) | 123 (89.8%) | 140 (94.6%) | 238 (94.1%) | 209 (90.9%) | 0.06 |
| 1 dose, n (%) | 21 (17.1%) | 28 (20.0%) | 44 (18.5%) | 54 (25.8%) | 0.08 |
| 2 doses, n (%) | 94 (76.4%) | 93 (66.4%) | 165 (69.3%) | 138 (66.0%) | |
| 3 doses, n (%) | 8 (6.5%) | 17 (12.1%) | 27 (11.3%) | 14 (6.7%) | |
| Delivery room resuscitation, n (%) | |||||
| Any | 136 (97.8%) | 145 (96.7%) | 253 (98.1%) | 221 (94.8%) | 0.41 |
| Oxygen | 103 (74.1%) | 122 (81.3%) | 219 (84.9%) | 193 (82.8%) | 0.13 |
| Positive pressure | 118 (84.9%) | 127 (84.7%) | 238 (92.2%) | 199 (85.4%) | 0.12 |
| Intubation | 110 (79.1%) | 119 (79.3%) | 217 (84.1%) | 180 (77.3%) | 0.23 |
| Surfactant | 72 (51.8%) | 72 (48.0%) | 136 (52.7%) | 117 (50.2%) | 0.88 |
| Chest compression | 7 (5.0%) | 8 (5.3%) | 23 (8.9%) | 14 (6.0%) | 0.44 |
| Resuscitation drugs | 4 (2.9%) | 5 (3.3%) | 7 (2.7%) | 6 (2.6%) | 0.81 |