A multi-faceted intervention including antenatal corticosteroids to reduce neonatal mortality associated with preterm birth: a case study from the Guatemalan Western Highlands

Table 2 Pretrial and trial data by group and period

Characteristic	Pre trial		Trial period, N (Rate/1000)
Characteristic	Intervention	Control	Intervention	Control	RR (95 % CI), p-value
Babies	2,053	2,321	3,800	3,978	--
Live births	2,007 (97.8)	2,271 (97.8)	3,725 (98.0)	3,905 (98.2)	--
<5th percentile live births (% of live births)	77 (3.8)	105 (4.6)	197 (5.3)	166 (4.3)	--
Neonatal death 28 days^a
Overall	59 (29.7)	68 (29.9)	81 (21.7)	102 (26.1)	0.88 (0.73, 1.06), p = 0.1875
<5th percentile	22 (285.7)	23 (219.0)	36 (182.7)	39 (234.9)	0.74 (0.68, 0.81), p = <.0001

^aThe denominator for neonatal mortality is all live births. Of the 2,007 live births in the intervention group during the pre-trial period 21 missing 28-day status are excluded from the denominator

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