Table 2.
Maternal serum cortisol.
| Variable |
Continuous support n = 30 |
Standard care n = 29 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| S-cortisol nmol/L, mean ± SD | |||
| First stage of active labor, n (%) |
n = 27 (90) 1199 ± 482 |
n = 22 (76) 1363 ± 503 |
0.28a |
| – Correlation to duration of 1st stage | 0.02b | ||
| – Correlation to duration of 2nd stage | 0.59b | ||
| Second stage of labor, n (%) |
n = 23 (77) 1301 ± 614 |
n = 14 (48) 1378 ± 682 |
0.72a |
| – Correlation to duration of 1st stage | 0.04b | ||
| – Correlation to duration of 2nd stage | 0.93b | ||
| Third stage of labor, n (%) |
n = 24 (80) 1273 ± 413 |
n = 16 (55) 1426 ± 533 |
0.30a |
| – Correlation to duration of 1st stage | 0.17b | ||
| – Correlation to duration of 2nd stage | 0.68b |
a
Statistical methods Mann Whithey U-test and
b
General Linear Model.