Table 2.

The maturation index and vaginal PH before and after intervention in two groups of oxytocin and placebo

Variables		Oxytocin N = 44	Placebo N = 42	P value between groups
	Mean ± SD
Superficial cells	Before	0.59 ± 1.38	0.35 ± 0.79	0.34
	After	38.7 ± 7.18	3.69 ± 2.76	0.0001
P value within group		0.0001	0.0001
Intermediate cells	Before	14.54 ± 8.53	16.6 ± 8.59	0.26
	After	27.56 ± 5.77	19.07 ± 8.56	0.0001
P value within group		0.0001	0.0001
Para basal cells	Before	84.8 ± 9.18	83.02 ± 8.57	0.35
	After	33.95 ± 9.17	77.23 ± 8.97	0.0001
P value within group		0.0001	0.0001
Vaginal maturation index	Before	7.76 ± 4.68	8.58 ± 4.35	0.4
	After	52.48 ± 7.54	13.25 ± 5.06	0.0001
P value within group		0.0001	0.0001
Vaginal PH	Before	6.01 ± 0.75	6.19 ± 0.79	0.28
	After	4.51 ± 0.51	6.07 ± 0.73	0.0001
P value within group		0.0001	0.13