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Table 2 Primary outcome and composites

From: Tocolysis with nifedipine versus atosiban and perinatal outcome: an individual participant data meta-analysis

Characteristics

IPDMA

Van Vliet

Salim

Nifedipine (n = 392)

Atosiban (n = 380)

OR or MD (95% CI)

Nifedipine (n = 294)

Atosiban (n = 289)

OR or MD (95% CI)

Nifedipine (n = 98)

Atosiban (n = 91)

OR or MD (95% CI)

Composite outcomea

58/364 (16)

69/359 (19)

0.76 (0.47–1.2), p = 0.27

51/267 (19)

60/268 (22)

0.77 (0.12–5.0), p = 0.79

7/97 (7.2)

9 (9.9)

0.63 (0.017–24), p = 0.81

Perinatal death

14 (3.6)

7 (1.8)

2.01 (0.80–5.1), p = 0.14

14 (4.8)

7 (2.4)

2.01 (0.80–5.1), p = 0.14

0

0

–

Intraventricular hemorrhage

6/391 (1.5)

3/379 (0.8)

1.95 (0.49–7.9), p = 0.35

5 (1.7)

2/288 (0.70)

2.47 (0.48–13), p = 0.28

1/97 (1.0)

1 (1.1)

0.94 (0.058–15), p = 0.96

Necrotizing enterocolitis

7 (1.8)

8/379 (2.1)

0.84 (0.30–2.4), p = 0.74

7 (2.4)

4/288 (1.4)

1.73 (0.50–6.0), p = 0.39

0

4 (4.4)

–

Respiratory distress syndrome

37 (10)

44 (12)

0.76 (0.090–6.4), p = 0.80

32/267 (12)

41/267 (15)

0.72 (0.070–7.4), p = 0.79

5 (5.1)

3 (3.3)

1.39 (0.008–242), p = 0.90

Culture-proven sepsis

27 (6.9)

27/379 (7.1)

0.87 (0.058–13), p = 0.92

24 (8.2)

25/288 (8.7)

0.84 (0.051–14), p = 0.91

3 (3.1)

2 (2.2)

1.34 (0.00–1566), p = 0.95

  1. Data are median (IQR) or n/N (%). OR: odds ratio. MD: median difference
  2. aincludes perinatal death, IVH, NEC, RDS requiring surfactant and culture-proven sepsis