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Table 3 Preterm birth and perinatal mortality outcomes, by site

From: The efficacy of low-dose aspirin in pregnancy among women in malaria-endemic countries

Outcome

Overall

Malaria Negative

Malaria positive

Aspirin ā€“ Malaria Interaction p-value

n/N (%)

PR (95% CI)

N w/o outcome

PR (95% CI)

N w/o outcome

PR (95% CI)

DRCĀ DRC

ā€ƒPreterm Delivery

ā€ƒā€ƒAspirin

44/227 (19)

0Ā·98 (0Ā·68, 1Ā·41)

14/87 (16)

1Ā·05 (0Ā·53, 2Ā·10)

30/140 (21)

0Ā·96 (0Ā·62, 1Ā·48)

0.84

ā€ƒā€ƒPlacebo

48/242 (20)

Ā 

13/85 (15)

Ā 

35/157 (22)

Ā Ā 

Perinatal Mortality

ā€ƒAspirin

18/227 (8)

1Ā·37 (0Ā·70, 2Ā·69)

3/87 (3)

0Ā·42 (0Ā·11, 1Ā·57)

15/140 (11)

2Ā·40 (1Ā·01, 5Ā·72)

0.035

ā€ƒPlacebo

14/242 (6)

Ā 

7/85 (8)

Ā 

7/157 (4)

Ā Ā 

Kenya

ā€ƒPreterm Delivery

ā€ƒā€ƒAspirin

29/329 (9)

0Ā·95 (0Ā·58, 1Ā·55)

15/199 (8)

0Ā·94 (0Ā·48, 1Ā·84)

14/130 (11)

0Ā·94 (0Ā·46, 1Ā·92)

0.99

ā€ƒā€ƒPlacebo

29/313 (9)

Ā 

16/199 (8)

Ā 

13/114 (11)

Ā Ā 

Perinatal Mortality

ā€ƒAspirin

17/329 (5)

0Ā·95 (0Ā·49, 1Ā·83)

7/199 (4)

0Ā·78 (0Ā·30, 2Ā·05)

10/130 (8)

1Ā·10 (0Ā·45, 2Ā·68)

0.62

ā€ƒPlacebo

17/313 (5)

Ā 

9/199 (5)

Ā 

8/114 (7)

Ā Ā 

Zambia

Ā Preterm Delivery

ā€ƒAspirin

10/168 (6)

0Ā·76 (0Ā·34, 1Ā·70)

9/159 (6)

0Ā·67 (0Ā·30, 1Ā·53)

1/9 (11)

ā€“

ā€“

ā€ƒPlacebo

13/167 (8)

Ā 

13/155 (8)

Ā 

0/12 (0)

Ā Ā 

Perinatal Mortality

ā€ƒAspirin

6/168 (4)

0Ā·50 (0Ā·19, 1Ā·29)

6/159 (4)

0Ā·49 (0Ā·19, 1Ā·27)

0/9 (0)

ā€“

1.00

ā€ƒPlacebo

12/167 (7)

Ā 

12/155 (8)

Ā 

0/12 (0)

Ā Ā 
  1. Notes: PR is prevalence ratio
  2. PR was not calculated for cells in which no participants experienced the outcome