Table 2 Perinatal data

Macrosomia (child birth weight above 4000 g)

7.7%

9.5%

NS

9.1%

9.0%

NS

Delivery induction (using oxytocin or Prostaglandin E)

27.8%

32.7%

NS

63.6%

18.0%

0.0003

Non-physiologic delivery (Caesarean section, VEX using, forceps using)

33.3%

14.6%

NS

9.1%

15.4%

NS

Abnormal length of delivery (too long = above 480 min, or too short = under 60 min)

27.8%

16.3%

NS

9.1%

15.4%

NS

Any adverse outcomes of offspring^a

15.4%

9.5%

NS

0%

10.3%

NS

Complications after delivery (manual extraction of placenta, hypotonia uteri)

11.1%

0%

0.019

0%

2.6%

NS