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Table 8 Indicators of infection in the intervention and control clusters during the trial period

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

Characteristics

Trial period

 

Intervention

Control

RR (95 % CI), p-valuea

Suspected maternal infection

   

 Overall N,(%)

46/3,766 (1.2)

53/3,960 (1.3)

N/A

 <5th percentile N,(%)

6/181 (3.3)

5/158 (3.2)

N/A

Possible severe bacterial infection (pSBI)

   

 Overall N,(%)

508/3,725 (13.6)

460/3,904 (11.8)

1.13 (0.88–1.45), p = 0.3371

 <5th percentile N,(%)

68/197 (34.5)

54/166 (32.5)

1.06 (0.82–1.36), p = 0.6530

  1. aRR with corresponding 95 % CIs and p-values were calculated from generalized linear models accounting for the cluster-level variance and adjusted for randomization strata. For maternal infection, the event counts within clusters were too small to get reliable estimates of relative risk
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