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Table 1 Maternal characteristics by site and by intervention (Int) and control (Ctr) clustersa

From: The Antenatal Corticosteroids Trial (ACT): a secondary analysis to explore site differences in a multi-country trial

 

South Asia (n = 62,541)

Belgaum, India

Nagpur, India

Pakistan

   

Total

Int

Ctr

Total

Int

Ctr

Total

Int

Ctr

   

Women, N

31,530

14,900

16,630

15,095

7,498

7,597

15,916

7,714

8,202

   

Maternal age, %

            

  < 20

8.7

7.2

10.0

1.8

1.6

2.0

3.9

3.7

4.1

   

 20 - 35

91.1

92.6

89.8

97.9

98.1

97.7

90.1

91.5

88.9

   

  > 35

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.3

5.9

4.8

7.0

   

No formal school %

19.3

20.5

18.3

2.5

3.3

1.9

80.9

81.2

80.3

   

Parity, %

            

 0

43.7

43.8

43.6

45.9

45.1

46.8

19.8

19.5

20.1

   

 1

34.1

35.2

33.8

42.6

43.0

42.4

20.5

20.9

20.2

   

 2+

21.7

21.0

22.6

11.4

11.9

10.8

59.6

59.6

59.7

   
 

Sub-Saharan Africa (n = 23,021)

Latin America (n = 14,180)

 

Zambia

Kenya

Guatemala

Argentina

 

Total

Int

Ctr

Total

Int

Ctr

Total

Int

Ctr

Total

Int

Ctr

Women, N

10,018

4,279

5,739

13,003

5,900

7,103

9,773

5,813

3,960

4,407

2,115

2,292

Maternal age, %

            

  < 20

26.7

25.6

27.5

22.6

22.6

22.6

15.8

15.6

16.1

28.8

28.8

28.7

 20 - 35

65.8

66.3

65.5

73.4

73.3

73.4

73.8

74.5

72.9

64.2

64.1

64.3

  > 35

7.4

8.1

7.0

4.0

4.1

4.0

10.4

10.0

10.9

7.0

7.1

7.0

No formal school %

9.7

9.6

9.8

2.7

2.8

2.6

18.1

16.6

20.5

2.0

2.0

1.9

Parity, %

            

 0

28.8

27.5

29.8

26.4

26.1

26.6

27.6

27.8

27.4

35.4

35.9

35.1

 1

20.1

19.9

20.3

22.2

22.4

22.0

21.7

22.1

21.2

24.7

25.0

24.6

 2+

51.1

52.6

49.9

51.5

51.5

51.4

50.6

50.1

51.4

39.7

39.1

40.4

  1. aDenominators include missing values