. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 2.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Sep;193(3 0 2):1065–1070. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.05.087

Table 1. Patient Demographics.

	High Dose Vaginal Misoprostol (n= 20)	Concentrated Oxytocin + Low-dose Vaginal PGE₁ (n=18)	p value

Age (yr) ^*	25.3 ± 7.0	24.3 ± 6.1	0.652
Gestational age (wk) ^*	20.3 ± 2.2	20.5 ± 1.8	0.793
Height (inches) ^*	64.7 ± 2.3	63.8 ± 4.1	0.426
Weight (lb) ^*	160.4 ± 28.2	153.2 ± 28.8	0.452
Initial Cervical Dilation (cm) ^*	0.1 ± 0.3	0.0 ± 0.0	0.163
Parity:
Primiparous	50.0% (10/20)	50.0% (9/18)
Multiparous	50.0% (10/20)	50.0% (9/18)	1.000
Race:
Caucasian	50.0% (10/20)	38.9% (7/18)
African-American	50.0% (10/20)	61.1% (11/18)	0.492

Mean± Standard Deviation