[Retracted] Opioid-Free Labor Analgesia: Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant Combined with Ropivacaine

Table 1

Maternal characteristics and neonatal outcomes.

	Group S (n = 51)	Group D (n = 40)	value
Age (years)	27.73 ± 3.13	28.68 ± 2.32	0.113
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	27.70 ± 3.03	27.81 ± 3.13	0.862
Gestational age (d)	276.70 ± 6.89	276.00 ± 6.27	0.615
Apgar score
1 min	9.57 ± 0.92	9.55 ± 0.96	0.925
5 min	9.96 ± 0.19	9.98 ± 0.15	0.710
Umbilical artery pH	7.29 ± 0.08	7.31 ± 0.05	0.057
Lactic acid (mmol/L)	3.68 ± 1.15	3.81 ± 1.22	0.628
NBNA score
Three days	38.12 ± 1.35	37.70 ± 0.99	0.105
Two weeks	38.96 ± 1.17	38.65 ± 0.89	0.166

Data are reported as mean ± SD or numbers. Group S received sufentanyl 0.4 µg/mL plus 0.1%.