Table 4. Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes.
| Birth outcome | |
| Live birth | 1220 (96.8%) |
| Loss, <20 weeks | 17 (1.3%) |
| Loss, 20+ weeks | 23 (1.8%) |
| Gestational age at birth | |
| <24 weeks | 3 (0.2%) |
| 24 weeks-31 weeks 6 days | 32 (2.6%) |
| 32 weeks-36 weeks 6 days | 128 (10.5%) |
| 37+ weeks | 1057 (86.6%) |
| Preterm Birth | |
| Induced | 89 (7.3%) |
| Spontaneous | 74 (6.8%) |
| x00A0; <24 weeks | 2 (.002%) |
| x00A0; 24–33 weeks 6 days | 22 (1.8%) |
| x00A0; 34–36 weeks 6 days | 50 (4.1%) |
| Delivery method | |
| Vaginal | 806 (66.0%) |
| Operative vaginal | 46 (3.8%) |
| Cesarean section | 368 (30.2%) |
| Reason for induction (N = 529) * | |
| Oligohydramnios | 6 (1.1%) |
| PROM | 8 (1.5%) |
| PPROM | 7 (1.3%) |
| Preeclampsia/eclampsia | 59 (11.2%) |
| Comorbidity at 39 weeks | 35 (6.6%) |
| Elective | 236 (44.6%) |
| Non-reassuring antenatal testing | 40 (7.6%) |
| Gestational Diabetes | 16 (3.0%) |
| Postdates | 64 (12.1%) |
| Intrauterine growth restriction | 46 (8.7%) |
| Macrosomia | 2 (0.4%) |
| polyhydramnios | 4 (0.8%) |
| Other | 76 (14.4%) |
| Neonatal Sex | |
| Female | 581 (47.6%) |
| Male | 639 (52.4%) |
| Apgar score at 1 minute | |
| 0–3 | 59 (4.8%) |
| 4–6 | 83 (6.8%) |
| 7–10 | 1053 (86.3%) |
| Apgar score at 5 minutes | |
| 0–3 | 8 (0.7%) |
| 4–6 | 40 (3.3%) |
| 7–10 | 1163 (95.3%) |
| NICU information | |
| NICU admission | 145 (11.9%) |
| Length of NICU stay in days | 8 (4, 21) |
| Neonatal health outcomes | |
| Low birth weight (<2500 grams) | 145 (11.9%) |
| Small, for gestational age (<10th percentile) | 153 (13.1%) |
| Arterial umbilical cord pH | 7.26 (7.22, 7.31) |
| Newborn death within 28 days | 8 (0.7%) |
*The percentage of reason for induction is calculated according to the total number of inductions. Some participants had more than one reason for induction.
Data represent n (%) or median (interquartile range).