Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants in the unmatched and matched study populations for oxytocin-only vs oxytocin-misoprostol (Coarsened exact method matching)
| Unmatched population (n = 1736) | Matched Population (n = 1238) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxytocin-only (n = 857) | Oxytocin-misoprostol (n = 879) | Standard difference,% | Oxytocin-only (n = 606) | Oxytocin-misoprostol (n = 632) | Standard difference,% | |
| Age in years, Mean (SD) | 26.31 (5.17) | 26.25 (5.08) | 1.1 | 25.23 (4.44) | 25.19 (4.27) | 0.9 |
| Gravidity, Mean (SD) | 2.58 (1.51) | 2.57 (1.55) | 0.9 | 2.25 (1.19) | 2.20 (1.21) | 3.6 |
| Parity, Mean (SD) | 1.29 (1.32) | 1.29 (1.37) | 0.3 | 1.09 (1.09) | 1.07 (1.23) | 2.1 |
| History of macrosomic baby n (%) | 94 (11.0) | 62 (7.10) | 13.7 | 47 (7.8) | 37 (5.9) | 7.6 |
| Patient referred n (%) | 27 (3.20) | 20 (2.30) | 5.4 | 3 (0.5) | 3 (0.5) | 0.3 |
| Induction of labour in indexed pregnancy n (%) | 30 (3.50) | 45 (5.10) | 8.0 | 3 (0.5) | 5 (0.8) | 3.7 |
| Mode of delivery caesarian section n (%) | 125 (14.6) | 83 (9.4) | 15.9 | 46 (7.6) | 36 (5.7) | 7.6 |
| Birth weight of babies in the indexed pregnancy in grams, Mean (SD) | 3393.9 (516.7) | 3182.6 (481.1) | 42.3 | 3362.42 (419.83) | 3230.66 (412.77) | 31.7 |
SD Standard Deviation