Table 3.

Mean scores of demographic and confounding variables

Variables under study	Groups	Number	Mean	Standard deviation	P-value
Mothers’ age	Control	49	23.87	4.86	0.1*
	Perineal message	50	22.46	3.94
Mothers’ weight	Control	49	68.22	11.33	0.7*
	Perineal message	50	68.80	11.00
Newborns’ weight	Control	49	3.16	428.15	0.2*
	Perineal message	50	3.25	362.93

^* T-test