Research Article

Outcome of Vaginal Progesterone as a Tocolytic Agent: Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 1

Comparison of demographic data between two groups of patients.

ParametersProgesterone groupNo-drug group š‘ƒ value

Mean age Ā± SD (years) 2 4 . 2 Ā± 3 . 7 2 5 . 4 Ā± 2 . 9 0.41
Mean initial gestational age Ā± SD (years) 3 2 . 2 Ā± 2 . 8 3 2 . 7 Ā± 2 . 6 0.89
Mean length of cervix Ā± SD (cm) 1 . 8 Ā± 0 . 3 1 . 7 Ā± 0 . 4 0.70
Mean dilatation of cervix Ā± SD (cm) 1 . 5 Ā± 0 . 2 1 . 6 Ā± 0 . 3 0.91