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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2022 May 2;139(6):1043–1049. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004788

Table 2:

Number, proportion (with 95% confidence intervals [CI]), and crude risk ratios (with 95% CIs) showing the association of adjunctive azithromycin versus placebo with the risk of infectious maternal morbidity among patients undergoing unscheduled cesarean deliveries by time of administration of study drug

Outcomes After skin incision (Median 3 mins, range 0-229mins)

N=269
0-30mins pre-incision


N=1378
>30-60mins pre-incision


N=270
>60mins pre-incision (Median 85mins, range 61-218 mins)

N= 96
Interaction p-value
Azithromycin


n=135
Placebo (ref) *


n=134
Azithromycin


n=693
Placebo (ref) *

n=685
Azithromycin


n=140
Placebo (ref) *


n=130
Azithromycin


n=51
Placebo (ref) *


n=45
Primary composite outcome

N=181
6 (4.4) [1.8-10.3] 19 (14.2) [8.7-22.2] 46 (6.6) [4.8-9.1] 73 (10.7) [8.3-13.6] 8 (5.7) [2.7-11.8] 24 (18.5) [12.6-27.2] 2 (3.9) [0.9-15.2] 3 (6.7) [0.2-20.0] 0.18
0.31 (0.13-0.76) 0.62 (0.44-0.89) 0.31 (0.13-0.66) 0.59 (0.10-3.36)
Endometritis

N=100
2 (1.5) [0.3-6.1] 12 (9.0) [4.8-16.1] 32 (4.6) [3.1-6.8] 34 (5.0) [3.4-7.2] 5 (3.6) [1.4-9.0] 13 (10.0) [5.5-17.5] 0 (0.0) [0.0-9.0] 2 (4.4) [1.0-17.0] 0.22
0.16 (0.04-0.73) 0.93 (0.58-1.49) 0.36 (0.13-0.97)
Wound infection

N=90
4 (3.0) [1.0-8.3] 10 (7.5) [3.8-14.2] 15 (2.2) [1.2-3.8] 42 (6.1) [4.4-8.2] 3 (2.1) [0.6-7.0] 12 (9.2) [5.0-16.5] 2 (3.9) [0.9-15.2] 2 (4.4) [1.0-17.0] 0.68
0.40 (0.13-1.23) 0.35 (0.20-0.63) 0.23 (0.07-0.80) 0.88 (0.13-6.01)
*

(ref)- Reference group

Regression model did not converge due to small case numbers

Results for other infections were excluded from table due to non-convergence of models from small case numbers

§

Numbers in brackets are 95% confidence intervals for the proportions