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Supplementary
Table 1. Intention-to-treat analysis, part demographical data
Demographical data
Gestational age at birth (weeks) a
Birth weight (grams) a
Gender (% male) b
Type of pregnancy (n, % twin) (b)
Mode of delivery (n, % caesarean section) b Antenatal steroids
27+3 (25+5-28+3) 1047 (905-1205) 5 (50%)
2 (20%)
28+5 (25+4-29+4) 935 (757-1180) 12 (60%)
10 (50%)
0.588 0.328 0.705 0.235 0.049
Course started (n, %) b
10 (100%) 8 (80%)
0 (0%)
18 (90%) 13 (73%) 1 (5%)
0.540 0.675 1.000
Course completed (n, %) b
Maternal medication use influencing infants respiration e.g.
general anaesthesia (n, %) b Complications during pregnancy (n, %) b
4 (40%) 3 (30%) 1 (10%) 1 (10%) 0 (0%) 1 (10%) 5 (2-7) 3 (30%)
11 (55%) 6 (30%) 4 (20%) 5 (25%) 3 (15%) 7 (35%) 6 (3-8)
0.700
Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (n, %) Pregnancy-induced hypertension (n, %) Intra-uterine infection (n, %)
Intra-uterine growth restriction (n, %)
Multiple (n, %) Apgar score ‘1 a
0.594 1.000
Physiological based cord clamping (n, %) b
5 (25%)
PB-CPAP (n=10)
5-8 cmH2O CPAP (n=20)
P-value
1 (10%)
10 (50%)






























































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