Table 1.
Characteristics of Patients Who Received Oxytocin (n=56) or Placebo (n=56) and Undergoing Dilation and Evacuation
| Characteristics | Placebo n=56 |
Oxytocin n=56 |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
| Gestational age (weeks) | 20.1 ± 1.3 | 19.8 ± 1.2 | .25 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.7 ± 5.0 | 25.1 ± 5.5 | .1 |
| Hemoglobin | 11.5 ± 1.1 | 11.7 ± 1.5 | .44 |
| Hematocrit | 34.3 ± 2.8 | 35.1 ± 3.0 | .18 |
| Measured blood loss (mL) | 362.1 ± 317.4 | 161.1 ± 113.4 | <.001 |
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Current/recent smoker | 21 (38) | 21 (38) | >.99 |
| Reported recent drug use | 9 (16) | 13 (23) | .66 |
| Alcohol use | 17 (30) | 13 (23) | .39 |