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Table 3 Macerated and non-macerated stillbirths by ACT intervention group

From: The global network antenatal corticosteroids trial: impact on stillbirth

 

Total

Characteristic, N (%)

Intervention

Control

All stillbirths, N

1,304

1,264

 Maceration

467 (35.8)

385 (30.5)

 No maceration

837 (64.2)

879 (69.5)

Birth weight percentilea

  

  < 5th

601

612

  Maceration

251 (41.8)

222 (36.3)

  No maceration

350 (58.2)

390 (63.7)

 5–24

161

139

  Maceration

54 (33.5)

38 (27.3)

  No maceration

107 (66.5)

101 (72.7)

 25–49

110

102

  Maceration

28 (25.5)

22 (21.6)

  No maceration

82 (74.5)

80 (78.4)

 50–74

83

74

  Maceration

21 (25.3)

12 (16.2)

  No maceration

62 (74.7)

62 (83.8)

 75+

105

87

  Maceration

20 (19.0)

11 (12.6)

  No maceration

85 (81.0)

76 (87.4)

Birth weight categorizedb

  

  < 1000 g

161

197

  Maceration

70 (43.5)

71 (36.0)

  No maceration

91 (56.5)

126 (64.0)

 1000–1499 g

272

215

  Maceration

122 (44.9)

82 (38.1)

  No maceration

150 (55.1)

133 (61.9)

 1500–2499 g

360

365

  Maceration

139 (38.6)

127 (34.8)

  No maceration

221 (61.4)

238 (65.2)

 2500+ g

466

441

  Maceration

116 (24.9)

94 (21.3)

  No maceration

350 (75.1)

347 (78.7)

Preterm

645

681

  Maceration

258 (40.0)

226 (33.2)

  No maceration

387 (60.0)

455 (66.8)

  1. aSite-specific birth weight percentile (measured and estimated weights combined)
  2. bBirth weight (measured and estimated weights combined)