Attributes and levels Previous delivery requiring extra neonatal care  No extra neonatal care previous delivery
  Mean coefficient (95% CI) SD (95% CI) Mean coefficient (95% CI) SD (95% CI)
         
Constant 2.87 (0.65 to 5.09)* 0.35 (0.01 to 0.69)   0.05 (-0.11 to 0.22)* 1.03 (0.04 to 2.02)*
Cervix length measurement        
        No measurement (omitted) -1.77 (-2.85 to -0.65)* 0.81 (-0.07 to 1.69)   1.57 (1.05 to 2.09)* 1.14 (1.01 to 1.27)*
        Abdominal 0.65 (-0.13 to 1.43) 0.45 (0.01 to 0.89)*  -0.68 (-0.93 to -0.43)* 0.25 (0.06 to 34)*
        Vaginal 1.12 (0.02 to 2.22)* 0.58 (-0.16 to 1.32)  -0.89 (-1.31 to -0.47)* 0.72 (0.02 to 1.42)*
Progesterone administration        
        No (omitted) 0.02 (-0.01 to 0.05) 0.13 (-0.09 to 0.35)   1.17 (0.98 to 1.36) 0.71 (0.17 to 1.24)
        Oral −0.21 (-0.43 to 0.01) 0.25 (-0.02 to 0.52)  -0.52 (-0.67 to -0.37) 0.09 (-0.03 to 0.12)
        Vaginal 0.22 (0.03 to 0.41)* 0.20 (-.11 to 0.51)  -0.65 (-0.84 to -0.46) 0.52 (0.03 to 1.01)*
Short-term complication rate (1%) -0.16 (-0.31 to -0.01) 0.02 (-0.03 to 0.07)   -0.17 (-0.31 to -0.03) 0.07 (-0.09 to 0.23)
Long-term complication rate (1%) -0.43 (-0.73 to -0.13) 0.04 (-0.07 to 0.15)   0.37 (-0.58 to -0.16) 0.09 (-0.11 to 0.39)
         
Log likelihood   -564      
*p<0.05        
Table 4: Results of the sub analysis stratified for women who did and who did not previously had a new born child that needed extra care.