Table 3.
Perinatal outcome of the twins within the two time periods of 14 years
| Variable | Period (Mean ± SD) | t-value | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I (n = 129) | II (n = 105) | |||
| APGAR Score twin 1 | 8.4 ± 2.0 | 7.9 ± 2.5 | 1.69 | 0.093 |
| APGAR Score twin 2 | 8.0 ± 2.4 | 7.4 ± 2.6 | 1.76 | 0.079 |
| Total | I (n = 129) | II (n = 105) | t-value | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Presentation | |||||
| Breech-non-vertex | 61 (26.1) | 38 (29.5) | 23 (21.9) | ||
| Breech-vertex | 29 (12.4) | 19 (14.7) | 10 (9.5) | ||
| Non-vertex-nonvertex | 8 (3.4) | 5 (3.9) | 3 (2.8) | 5.56 | 0.352 |
| Oblique-vertex | 3 (1.3) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1.9) | ||
| Vertex-non-vertex | 44 (18.8) | 24 (18.6) | 20 (19.0) | ||
| Vertex-vertex | 89 (38.0) | 42 (32.6) | 47 (44.7) | ||
| Combined Twin Delivery route | |||||
| CS-CS | 138 (59.0) | 85 (65.9) | 53 (50.5) | ||
| Instrument-instrument | 1 (0.43) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Inst-vaginal delivery | 1 (0.43) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Vaginal-CS | 1 (0.43) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.9) | ||
| Vaginal-instrument | 2 (0.85) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.9) | 11.47 | 0.119 |
| Vaginal delivery-breech extraction | 2 (0.9) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.9) | ||
| Vaginal delivery-CS | 2 (0.9) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.9) | ||
| Vaginal delivery-vaginal delivery | 87 (37.2) | 38 (29.5) | 49 (46.7) | ||
| Combined Gender of Twins | |||||
| Different Sex | 84 (36.0) | 35 (33.3) | 49 (38.0) | ||
| Same sex (Female) | 75 (32.0) | 36 (34.3) | 39 (30.2) | 0.65 | 0.722 |
| Same sex (Male) | 75 (32.0) | 34 (32.4) | 41 (31.8) |
CS, caesarean section; SD, standard deviation.