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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Perinatol. 2019 Jun 14;36(14):1423–1430. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1691765

Table 5.

Adjusted duration of labor (hours) in term nulliparas by presence of fetal anomaly with median traverse times reported as hours (95th percentile)

No anomaly (N = 43,915) Anomaly (N = 2,728) p-Value for trend
Cervical dilation, cm
 3–4 4.0 (10.6) 4.1 (11.6) 0.005
 4–5 3.7 (8.7) 3.7 (8.3) 0.001
 5–6 3.2 (7.4) 3.1 (7.0) <0.0001
 6–7 2.9 (6.4) 2.7 (5.9) 0.61
 7–8 2.5 (6.0) 2.5 (5.7) 0.002
 8–9 2.2 (5.2) 1.9 (4.9) <0.0001
 9–10 1.5 (3.7) 2.0 (4.3) <0.0001
 4–10 5.2 (12.4) 5.4 (13.5) 0.39
 Second stage without epidural 0.7 (3.2) 0.7 (3.2) 0.81
 Second stage with epidural 1.3 (4.1) 1.3(4.0) 0.39

Note: Adjusted model controlled for age, BMI, race, induction, augmentation, epidural (first stage only), and birth weight.