Research Article
Study of Electrolyte Changes in Patients with Prolonged Labour in Ikot Ekpene, a Rural Community in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of cases of prolonged labour and controls.
| Variable | Cases (%) | Control (%) | All (%) | | value | 95 (100) | 105 (100) | 200 (100) |
| Age (years) | | | | | | 13–19 | 44 (46.3) | 12 (11.4) | 56 (28.0) | 11.781 | 0.20 | 20–30 | 30 (31.6) | 62 (59.0) | 92 (46.0) | 31–40 | 17 (17.9) | 24 (22.9) | 41 (20.5) | 41–50 | 4 (4.2) | 5 (4.7) | 5 (2.5) | Educational status | | | | | | None/primary | 73 (78.0) | 27 (25.7) | 102 (51.0) | 0.056 | 0.812 | Above primary | 11 (22.0) | 78 (74.3) | 97 (49.0) |
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