. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Oct 23.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2007 Jun 27;99(1):46–51. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.04.031

Table 2.

Univariate analysis of clinical indicators for success of misoprostol treatment on day 8

Variables	n	Success (%)	P value
Variables from Symptom Diary: After Dose 2, From day4 to day 8
Heavy Bleeding Ever
Yes	44	39
No	60	73	< 0.001
Passed Tissue Ever
Yes	27	26
No	77	70	< 0.0001
Tired Ever
Yes	43	51
No	61	64	0.193
Light Headed Ever
Yes	64	53
No	40	68	0.148
Faint Ever
Yes	94	56
No	10	80	0.189^a
Called Doctors Ever
Yes	88	56
No	16	75	0.177^a
Visit Doctors Ever
Yes	97	58
No	7	71	0.694^a
Used Ibuprofen
Yes	21	33
No	83	65	0.008
Used Codeine Ever
Yes	51	49
No	53	68	0.050
Physical Findings After Dose 2, at day 8
Uterine Tenderness
None	96	59
Mild/Moderate	8	63	1.000^a
Pool of Blood in the vagina
Yes	22	81
No	83	53	0.016^a
Old Blood Only in the vagina
Yes	46	74
No	59	47	0.006
Cervical os
Open (1)	21	62
Closed (2)	84	58	0.766
Cervical Active Bleeding
None	67	49
Mild or Heavy	26	77	0.016
Tissue at the Cervical os
Yes	16	69
No	89	57	0.391

Reported Fisher’s Exact two sided P value because cell counts were less than 5 therefore Chi square test may not be valid.