Table 2.
Indications for induction of labor
| Indication | Nulliparous (n = 232) |
Parous (n = 122) |
Total (n = 354) |
p value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Exceeding term date (> 40 + 0 weeks of gestation) | 95 | 40.9 | 40 | 32.8 | 135 | 38.1 | 0.133 |
| Premature rupture of membranes | 36 | 15.5 | 23 | 18.9 | 59 | 16.7 | 0.424 |
| Diabetes/gestational diabetes | 16 | 6.9 | 15 | 12.3 | 31 | 8.8 | 0.068 |
| Fetal growth retardation | 18 | 7.8 | 4 | 3.3 | 22 | 6.2 | 0.097 |
| Pregnancy-induced hypertonia | 11 | 4.7 | 6 | 4.9 | 17 | 4.8 | 0.941 |
| Fetal macrosomia | 8 | 3.4 | 6 | 4.9 | 14 | 4.0 | 0.500 |
| Pre-eclampsia | 7 | 3.0 | 5 | 4.1 | 12 | 3.4 | 0.593 |
| Other | 41 | 17.7 | 23 | 18.9 | 64 | 18.1 | 0.784 |
*Chi-squared test was used for nominal data (%)