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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Sep 12;9:CD006794. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006794.pub3

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the women.

Trials Maternal age (years) Gestational age (weeks) Cervical dilation (cm)
Blanch 1998 24.5 - 4.6
Br\l=e'\art 1992 25.2 39.5 3.3
Cammu 1996 27.2 39.7 3.2
Cluett 2004 25.4 40.0 5.3
Cohen 1987 20.0 - 2.8
Frigoletto 1995 - - 3.4
Lopez-Zeno 1992 27.0 39.8 3.2
Nachum 2010 28.2 39.6 3.0
Rogers 1997 20.6 39.5 2.9
Sadler 2000 25.7 39.7 4.5
Serman 1995 23.6 39.1 -
Snehlata 2011 - - -
Somprasit 2005 24.3 - 3.1
Tabowei 2003 23.8 40.1 -