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. 2018 Aug 20;18:337. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1961-4

Table 2.

First, Second, Third, and Total Delay in Preeclamptic and Non-Preeclamptic groups

Non-Preeclamptic Preeclamptic p-value
First Delay (hours) n = 207 n = 285a
Mean (standard deviation, SD) 5.5 (10.5) 13.4 (30.0) < 0.01
Median (interquartile range, IQR) 3.0 (5.0) 2.0 (12.0)
Second Delay (hours) n = 194 n = 251
Mean (SD) 1.0 (0.6) 1.2 (1.0) 0.20
Median (IQR) 1.0 (0) 1.0 (0)
Third Delay (minutes) n = 208 n = 292
Mean (SD) 11.6 (38.1) 49.7 (60.2) < 0.01
Median (IQR) 0 (0) 35.0 (70.0)
Total Delay (hours) n = 191 n = 235
Mean (SD) 6.8 (10.5) 14.6 (27.9) < 0.01
Median (IQR) 4 (5.0) 5 (10.6)

aSome participants were unable to recall the length of delays, so not all survey respondents are included in the analysis of each delay