Table 2 Characteristics of women receiving/not receiving antenatal corticosteroids with birth 24 to < 34 weeks gestational age

Received

Not received

Comparative statistic#

95% CI

p-value

n = 104

n = 148

Maternal Age* (years)

27.6 (6.8)

28.5 (6.9)

-0.85

-2.59; 0.88

0.34

Parity ‡

Previous pregnancies ≥ 22 weeks

47 (45)

86 (58)

0.77

0.60; 0.99

0.04

Gestational age at last injection

< 24 – 27 weeks

20 (19)

-

28 – 31 weeks

42 (40)

-

N/A

N/A

N/A

32 – < 34 weeks

42 (40)

-

Multiple pregnancy

Twins

10 (10)

5 (3)

2.84

1.0; 8.1

0.04

Patient status ‡

Public

98 (94)

144 (98)

0.96

0.91; 1.01

0.12

Booked for birth at hospital ‡

81 (79)

136 (92)

0.86

0.77; 0.96

0.01

Main reasons for risk of preterm birth

0.01

Preterm labour

42 (40)

36 (24)

-

-

PPROM

26 (25)

19 (13)

-

-

Hypertension

18 (17)

18 (12)

-

-

APH

6 (6)

9 (6)

-

-

Maternal conditions

4 (4)

6 (4)

-

-

Multiple pregnancy

2 (2)

2 (1)

-

-

Fetal concern

1 (1)

8 (5)

-

-

Other/not recorded

5 (5)

50 (34)

-

-