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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Feb 20;223(2):244.e1–244.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.02.012

Table 3.

Primary Outcome

% Interpretable Tracing
(Interpretable FHR minutes/Total minutes in labor)
p value
Primary Outcome
Percentage of interpretable FHR minutes generated in labor
All Subjects
Fetal ECG 58.0% (28,689/49,480) 0.821
Standard electronic monitoring 58.1% (28,394/48,911)
Subjects with BMI<30
Fetal ECG 61.1% (13,761/22,506) < 0.001a
Standard electronic monitoring 66.5% (14,145/21,265)
Subjects with BMI≥ 30
Fetal ECG 55.3% (14,928/26,974) < 0.001a
Standard electronic monitoring 51.5% (14,249/27,646)

Abbreviations: FHR, Fetal Heart Rate; ECG, electrocardiogram; BMI, body mass index

a

Significant P values (<0.05)