Table 1.

The frequency of demographic and confounding variables

	Groups	Positive Frequency (percent)	Negative Frequency (percent)	P- value
Hypertension	Control	47 (95.9)	2 (4.1)	0.02*
	Perineal message	50 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
	Total	97 (98.0)	2 (2.0)
Diabetes	Control	45 (91.8)	4 (8.2)	0.04*
	Perineal message	48 (96.0)	2 (4.0)
	Total	93 (93.9)	6 (6.1)
Hypothyroid	Control	47 (95.9)	2 (4.1)	1.0*
	Perineal message	48 (96.0)	2 (4.0)
	Total	95 (96.0)	4 (4.0)
Education level		High school diploma or below	Tertiary	0.02*
	Control	45 (91.8)	4 (8.2)
	Perineal message	49 (98.0)	1 (2.0)
	Total	94 (94.9)	5 (5.1)
Gender of the infant	Girl Frequency (percent)	Boy Frequency (percent)		0.02*
	Control	25 (51.0)	24 (49.0)
	Perineal message	20 (40.0)	30 (60.0)
	Total	45 (45.5)	54 (54.5)

^* Fisher’s exact test and Chi-square test