The Effects of Clinical Hypnosis versus Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) before External Cephalic Version (ECV): A Prospective Off-Centre Randomised, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics (mean ± standard deviation) (Welch test, ns = 𝑃>0.05).

Characteristic at randomisation	NLP (𝑛=38)	Hypnosis group (𝑛=42)	Control group (𝑛=122)	𝑃 value
Maternal height (cm)	169±7.4	168.9±6.3	167.2±5.6	ns
Maternal weight before pregnancy (kg)	63.6±12.6	63.9±8.5	68.3±13.9	ns
Current maternal weight (kg)	76.9±13.6	77.9±9.4	—	ns
Gestation age	37.2±0.4	37.2±0.6	37.9 ± 3.3	ns
Amniotic fluid index (cm)	13.6±3.6	13.0±3.6	—	ns
Fetal weight (g)	2850±297	2819±270	—	ns