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Published in final edited form as: Am J Perinatol. 2017 Aug 14;35(1):78–83. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1606119

Table 4.

Pearson’s correlations of oxytocin parameters with oxytocin AUC among listed clinical subgroups

Variable	Pearson’s correlations (95% CI) for each listed parameter with oxytocin AUC^a
Variable	Duke	Pithagore6
Induced labor	N = 306	N = 2,115
Maximal oxytocin infusion rate	0.78 (0.64, 0.87)	0.76 (0.74, 0.77)
Duration of infusion	0.84 (0.74, 0.91)	0.79 (0.78, 0.80)
Oxytocin product	0.91 (0.84, 0.94)	0.92 (0.92, 0.93)
Spontaneous augmented labor	N = 96	N = 4,792
Maximal oxytocin infusion rate	0.85 (0.75, 0.91)	0.72 (0.69, 0.74)
Duration of infusion	0.79 (0.65, 0.87)	0.80 (0.78, 0.81)
Oxytocin product	0.92 (0.87, 0.96)	0.92 (0.91, 0.93)
Vaginal delivery	N = 288	N = 6,062
Maximal oxytocin infusion rate	0.78 (0.65, 0.87)	0.75 (0.74, 0.76)
Duration of infusion	0.87 (0.78, 0.92)	0.81 (0.80, 0.82)
Oxytocin product	0.96 (0.93, 0.98)	0.93 (0.92, 0.93)
Cesarean delivery	N = 114	N = 845
Maximal oxytocin infusion rate	0.81 (0.68, 0.89)	0.77 (0.74, 0.80)
Duration of infusion	0.87 (0.77, 0.92)	0.82 (0.80, 0.84)
Oxytocin product	0.93 (0.87, 0.96)	0.93 (0.92, 0.93)

Abbreviation: AUC, area under the curve.

All Pearson’s correlations listed had p-values of <0.0001.