Table I.
Maternal and Neonatal baseline variable
| Variable | SSC group (n=100) |
Controlgroup (n=99) |
Pvalve |
| Parity status· | 1(1–2) | 1(1–1) | 0.84 |
| Age of mother (years)* | 24.9±3.5 | 24.8±3.3 | 0.77 |
| Education qualification | |||
| Illiterate | 6(6%) | 3(3%) | |
| below matriculation | 17(17%) | 13(13%) | |
| matriculation | 36(36%) | 38(38%) | 0.81 |
| graduate | 28(28%) | 29(29%) | |
| postgraduate | 13(13%) | 17(17%) | |
| At least 3 antenatal check-ups | 44(44%) | 44(44%) | 1.0 |
| Duration of exclusive breastfeeding in last sibling (months) * |
4.4±1.9 | 4.8±1.7 | 0.52 |
| Breast feeding experience | 22(22.5%) | 25(25.5%) | 0.62 |
| Episiotomy | 98(98%) | 100(100%) | 0.16 |
| Neonate gestation in completed weeks· | 38(37-39) | 38(37.5-39) | 0.38 |
| Neonate Anthropometry at birth | |||
| a. Weight (grams) * | 2764±317 | 2796±340 | 0.49 |
| b. Length (cm)* | 48.9±1.4 | 49.0±1.0 | 0.43 |
| c. Occipito-frontal circumference( cm) * | 33.3±0.7 | 33.3±0.7 | 0.72 |