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. 2024 May 31;103(22):e38363. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000038363

Table 2.

Birth events and neonatal outcomes in the 2 study groups.

Items Group H
(n = 587)
Group L
(n = 342)
P value
Intrapartum fever (n (%)) 116 (19.8) 40 (11.7) .001
Duration of 1st stage (min) 649.±285 598 ± 237 .003
Duration of 2nd stage (min) 49 ± 28 46 ± 25 .103
Duration of 3rd stage (min) 6.5 ± 5.2 7.1 ± 6.8 .131
Total labor time (min) 703.7 ± 315.6 648.2 ± 259.7 .006
Duration of epidural (min) 575.3 ± 312.7 522.5 ± 257.9 .008
Bleeding volume at 2h postpartum (mL) 268.3 ± 47.5 271.8 ± 73.2 .377
Oxytocin augmentation (n (%)) 111 (18.23) 45 (13.16) .045
Instrument delivery (n (%)) 47 (8.01) 24 (7.02) .611
Cesarean delivery (n (%)) 123 (20.95) 85 (24.85) .192
ROM (%) 200 (34.07) 116 (33.92) .887
Urinary retention (n (%)) 121 (20.61) 55 (16.08) .099
Birth weight (g) 3201.25 ± 326.96 3165.81 ± 558.31 .443
Apgar score at 1 min 9.86 ± 0.43 9.79 ± 0.46 .607
Apgar score at 5 min 10.00 ± 0.00 9.97 ± 0.53 .819
Body temperature at birth at 1 min 36.01 ± 0.932 36.11 ± 0.711 .739
Body temperature at birth at 12 h 36.43 ± 0.277 36.55 ± 0.384 .933

ROM: status of rupture of membranes; Data are expressed as n (%) or median (interquartile range); comparisons between groups were performed using Fisher exact or Kruskal − Wallis test.