Labor Induction with Intravaginal Misoprostol versus Spontaneous Labor: Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes

Table 4

Comparison of those who gave birth within 12 hours and who did not.

	Primiparous				Multiparous
	Multiple ()	Single ()	Spontaneous ()		Multiple ()	Single ()	Spontaneous ()
Delivery within 12 hours				<0.001^C				0.185^ff
No	29 (63.0)^BC	16 (34.8)^C	9 (15.3)		4 (36.4)	2 (13.3)	4 (11.1)
Yes	17 (37.0)	30 (65.2)^A	50 (84.7)^AB		7 (63.6)	13 (86.7)	32 (88.9)
Gestational week at birth
No	39.2 (37.5-37.5)^C	38.5 (36.4-36.4)	38.4 (35.4-35.4)	0.006^k	38.6 (37.3-37.3)	40.2 (40.1-40.1)^excluded	37.85 (35.6-35.6)	0.912^U
Yes	39.2 (38.1-38.1)	39.25 (35.4-35.4)	39.2 (35.6-35.6)	0.290^k	39.3 (37.4-37.4)	38.4 (30.4-30.4)^excluded	39.2 (37.2-37.2)	0.709^U
Bishop score
No	3 (2-2)	3 (0-0)	4 (3-3)^AB	0.002^k	4.5 (2-2)	3.5 (3-3)	6 (3-3)	0.257^k
Yes	3 (2-2)	3 (2-2)	5 (2-2)^AB	<0.001^k	3 (2-2)	4 (2-2)	6 (3-3)^AB	<0.001^k
Indication for induction (RoM)				0.736^f^f				0.999^ff
No	2 (33.3)	7 (31.8)	4 (22.2)		0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (16.7)
Yes	4 (66.7)	15 (68.2)	14 (77.8)		3 (100.0)	3 (100.0)	5 (83.3)

^aOne-way ANOVA (robust statistic: Brown-Forsythe). ^kKruskal-Wallis test (Monte Carlo); post hoc test: Dunn’s test. ^ffFisher-Freeman-Halton (Monte Carlo). ^ePearson chi-square test (Monte Carlo); post hoc test: Benjamini-Hochberg correction. ^UMann–Whitney test (Monte Carlo). ^WWilcoxon signed rank test (Monte Carlo); quantitative variables are shown as or median (min-max); categorical data were shown as (%). ^ASignificance according to the multiple-dose group. ^BSignificance according to the single-dose group. ^CSignificance according to the spontaneous birth group. Pregnant women who did not deliver in 12 hours. Pregnant women who delivered in 12 hours.