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Table 5 Pregnancy and perinatal outcomes by group (1)

From: Evaluation of a community-based randomized controlled prenatal care trial in rural China

 

Intervention

Control

P (2)

Number of pregnancies

   

   before intervention

1830

1718

 

   after intervention

2580

2550

 

Abortion rate ( %)

   

   before intervention

19.1

19.2

0.847

   after intervention

17.1

16.8

0.912

number of live births

   

   before intervention

1423

1362

 

   after intervention

2094

2062

 

Sex ratio at birth

   

   before intervention

153.0

163.5

0.454

   after intervention

144.5

152.8

0.608

Stillbirth rate ( ‰ )

   

   before intervention

15.5

8.8

0.153

   after intervention

7.6

14.1

0.120

Neonatal mortality ( ‰ )

   

   before intervention

37.9

30.8

0.694

   after intervention

37.7

26.2

0.368

Perinatal mortality, ‰

   

   before intervention

52.6

39.3

0.343

   after intervention

42.5

39.3

0.429

  1. 1) Data from township family planning records
  2. 2) P values are the results of cluster adjusted ordered logistic regression