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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Feb;117(2 0 1):267–272. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318207887a

Table 4.

Odds Ratios for Each Hour of the Latent Phase*

Outcome Crude OR
(95% CI)
p-value Adjusted** OR
(95% CI)
p-value

Vaginal delivery 0.94 (0.91, 0.97) <0.001 0.94 (0.91, 0.98) 0.001
Chorioamnionitis/
Endometritis
1.13 (1.09, 1.18) <0.001 1.12 (1.07, 1.17) <0.001
Uterine atony 1.13 (1.07, 1.19) <0.001 1.13 (1.06, 1.19) <0.001
NICU admission 1.03 (0.96, 1.09) 0.43 1.03 (0.96, 1.09) 0.46
NICU admission
>48 hours
1.00 (0.92, 1.10) 0.94 1.01 (0.92, 1.10) 0.90
Neonatal
composite#
1.00 (0.93, 1.09) 0.95 1.01 (0.93, 1.10) 0.81

OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval

*

1,290 women who achieved the active phase of labor

**

Odds ratios adjusted for maternal race/ethnicity, gestational age at delivery, body mass index at delivery, and study treatment arm

#

Any of the following: a 5-minute Apgar score below 4, an umbilical artery pH under 7.0, seizures, intubation in the delivery room, stillbirth, neonatal death, or admission to a neonatal intensive care unit for more than 48 hours