Table 2.

 Comparability of women allocated to receive epidural analgesia or other form of pain relief during labour. Figures are means (SD) unless stated otherwise

	Epidural (n=151)	Non-epidural (n=155)
Maternal age (years)	24.4 (5.1)	23.5 (4.7)
No (%) with subsequent pregnancy	36 (24)	35 (23)
Time since delivery of index pregnancy (months)	26.6 (12.5, range 11-62)	25.9 (12.1, range 12-62)
Gestation at delivery (weeks)	40 (1.6)	40 (1.5)
Birth weight (g)	3440 (385)	3429 (490.9)
No (%) with spontaneous labour	125 (83)	122 (79)