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Table 1 Factors associated with active perinatal care according to perinatal care intensity level

From: Intensity of perinatal care, extreme prematurity and sensorimotor outcome at 2 years corrected age: evidence from the EPIPAGE-2 cohort study

Variable

Low

Medium

High

p value

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Antenatal steroids (N = 1042)

 No

166

50.3

146

40.4

92

26.2

< 0.001

 Yes

164

49.7

215

59.6

259

73.8

 

In utero transfer (N = 1059)

 No

191

55.2

200

55.0

169

48.4

0.12

 Yes

155

44.8

164

45.0

180

51.6

 

Tocolysis (N = 1057)

 No

191

55.0

152

42.1

122

35.0

< 0.001

 Yes

156

44.0

209

57.9

227

65.0

 

MgSO4 usage (N = 1045)

 No

322

93.1

340

95.5

324

94.5

0.37

 Yes

24

6.9

16

4.5

19

5.5

 

Mode of delivery (N = 946)

 Caesarean

91

31.7

124

37.9

125

37.6

0.20

 Vaginal

196

68.3

203

62.1

207

62.4

 

Baby resuscitated (N = 803)

 No

74

31.2

37

14.1

32

10.6

< 0.001

 Yes

163

68.8

226

85.9

271

89.4