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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants

From: Does azithromycin given to women in labour decrease ocular bacterial infection in neonates? A double-blind, randomized trial

Mothers

 

Azithromycin arm (N = 414)

Placebo arm (N = 415)

 Characteristics

 

n (%)

n (%)

  Age

(Median, IQR)

26.0 (22.0,30.0)

25.0 (22.0,30.0)

  Ethnicity

Madinka

161 (40.1)

187 (45.8)

Fula

77 (19.2)

64 (15.7)

Jola

68 (17.0)

56 (13.7)

Other

95 (23.7)

101 (24.8)

  Season of deliverya

Rainy

141 (34.1)

143 (34.5)

  Mode of delivery

Vaginal

404 (97.6)

410 (98.8)

Caesarean

10 (2.4)

5 (1.2)

  Multiple pregnancy

Yes

5 (1.2)

9 (2.2)

  Hours from rupture of membrane to deliveryb

(Median, IQR)

0.4 (0.1,1.8)

0.3 (0.1,1.3)

Newborns

 

Azithromycin arm (N = 419)

Placebo arm (N = 424)

 Characteristics

 

n (%)

n (%)

  Gender

Female

207 (49.4)

198 (46.7)

  Apgar score at birth

0–6

14 (3.3)

11 (2.6)

7–10

402 (96.6)

408 (97.4)

  Weightc

(Median, IQR)

3.1 (2.8,3.5)

3.1 (2.9,3.4)

 Outcomes

  Stillbirths

 

7 (1.7)

6 (1.4)

  Deaths during the follow up period

 

8 (1.9)

8 (1.9)

  1. aRainy season: children born June to October
  2. bTime of rupture of membranes is missing in n = 441 (230 in the azithromycin and 211 in the placebo arm)
  3. cWeight missing in n = 2 (both in the placebo arm)