Abstract
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Figures and Tables
Table 1
Bolding denotes significant findings.
Data are presented by mean ± standard deviation or number (%) or median [range].
PTL, preterm labor; IIOC, incompetent internal os of cervix; PPROM, preterm premature rupture of membranes; DM, diabetes mellitus; ACS, antenatal corticosteroid.
aJonckheere-Terpstra test, P < 0.001.
bnon-user vs. multiple-course, P < 0.05; single-course vs. multiple-course, P < 0.05.
cgestational hypertension, mild & severe preeclampsia, superimposed preeclampsia, eclampsia, chronic hypertension.
Table 2
Bolding denotes significant findings.
Data are presented by mean ± standard deviation or number (%) or median [range].
SGA, small-for-gestational-age; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit.
aNon-user vs. multiple-course, P < 0.05; single-course vs. multiple-course, P < 0.05.
bDefined as having more than one of the following: neonatal death, respiratory distress syndrome, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, periventricular leukomalacia, intraventricular hemorrhage (≥ grade 3), retinopathy of prematurity (≥ grade 3), necrotizing enterocolitis (≥ stage 2), suspected or proven early and late neonatal sepsis.
Table 3
Bolding denotes significant findings.
Data are presented by mean ± standard deviation or number (%) or median [range].
PTL, preterm labor; IIOC, incompetent internal os of cervix; PPROM, preterm premature rupture of membranes; ACS, antenatal corticosteroid; DM, diabetes mellitus.
aJonckheere-Terpstra test, P < 0.05.
bNon-user vs. multiple-course, P < 0.05.
cGestational hypertension, mild & severe preeclampsia, superimposed preeclampsia, eclampsia, chronic hypertension.
Table 4
Bolding denotes significant findings.
Data are presented by mean ± standard deviation or number (%) or median [range].
SGA, small-for-gestational-age; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit.
aJonckheere-Terpstra test, P < 0.05.
bDefined as having more than one of the following: neonatal death, respiratory distress syndrome, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, periventricular leukomalacia, intraventricular hemorrhage (≥ grade 3), retinopathy of prematurity (≥ grade 3), necrotizing enterocolitis (≥ stage 2), suspected or proven early and late neonatal sepsis.