Table 2 Incidence rates of sepsis, heart failure, and gastrointestinal bleeding in participants with and without antenatal corticosteroid treatment
From: Association between antenatal corticosteroid treatment and severe adverse events in pregnant women
With antenatal corticosteroid treatment | Without antenatal corticosteroid treatment | Rate difference/1000 person-years (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Event | No. of cases | No. of person-years | Incidence rate per 1000 person-years (95% CI) | No. of cases | No. of person-years | Incidence rate per 1000 person-years (95% CI) | |
Sepsis | 418 | 551,556 | 0.76 (0.69–0.83) | 7773 | 15,831,237 | 0.49 (0.48–0.50) | 0.27 (0.19–0.34) |
Heart failure | 173 | 552,754 | 0.31 (0.27–0.36) | 1564 | 15,865,236 | 0.10 (0.09–0.10) | 0.21 (0.17–0.26) |
GI bleeding | 5854 | 506,126 | 11.57 (11.27–11.87) | 137,962 | 14,820,062 | 9.31 (9.26–9.36) | 2.26 (1.96–2.56) |