Randomized Comparison of Isosorbide Mononitrate and PGE2 Gel for Cervical Ripening at Term including High Risk Pregnancy

Table 1

Maternal characteristics.

Variable	IMN; 𝑁=100	PGE2; 𝑁=100	𝑃 value
Age (years)^a	23.40±2.391	23.57±3.655	0.69
Gestational age (weeks)^a	42.08±1.066	41.99±1.218	0.57
Parity
Nulliparous^b	54%	51%	0.671
Multiparous^b	46%	49%	0.671
Baseline Bishop score^a; (pretreatment)	2.21±1.241	2.20±0.876	0.94

aValues are given as mean ± standard deviation.
^bValues are given as percentage.