Study of Electrolyte Changes in Patients with Prolonged Labour in Ikot Ekpene, a Rural Community in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Table 4

Perinatal outcome of prolonged labour.

Variable	Cases Mean (SD)	Control Mean (SD)	All Mean (SD)	𝑃 value
Duration of labour (hour)	45.1 (19.3)	8.3 (2.0)	27.4 (22.5)	<0.001
APGAR at 1 minute	0.8 (1.0)	7.8 (1.0)	4.3 (4.0)	<0.001
APGAR at 5 minutes	0.9 (1.4)	9.7 (0.6)	5.6 (4.6)	<0.001
Birth weight (kg)	3.8 (0.4)	3.1 (0.3)	3.3 (0.7)	<0.001
Fetal outcome	𝑁 (%)	𝑁 (%)	𝑁 (%)
Alive	83 (87.3)	104 (99.0)	187 (93.6)	<0.001
Perinatal death	12 (12.7)	1 (1.0)	13 (12.4)