Comparison of Pregnancy Outcome between 4 and 6 cm Cervical os Dilatation to Demarcate Active Phase of Labour: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographic data of study population comparing between 4 cm and 6 cm cervical os dilatation, .

	Cervical dilatation		value
	Group 1 (4 cm)	Group 2 (6 cm)
Mean maternal , years			0.284
Group age (years), (%)			0.833
<35	82 (81.2)	43 (79.6)
≥35	19 (18.8)	11 (20.4)
Mean gestational , weeks			0.285
Ethnicity, (%)			0.421
Malay	85 (84.2)	48 (88.9)
Non-Malay
Chinese	9 (8.9)	4 (7.4)
Indian	1 (1.0)	—
Others	6 (5.9)	2 (3.7)
Median haemoglobin (IQR) level at delivery (g/dL)	12.1 (11.4-12.6)	12.3 (11.5-13.0)	0.197
Median prepregnancy BMI (IQR) (kg/m^2)	26.0 (24.1-27.9)	25.6 (23.2-28.3)	0.613
BMI category, (%)			0.123
Underweight	0 (0.0)	2 (3.7)
Normal	33 (32.7)	20 (37.0)
Overweight	68 (67.3)	32 (59.3)
Parity, (%)			0.109
Nulliparous	35 (34.7)	12 (22.2)
Multiparous	66 (65.3)	42 (77.8)

Independent -test, Pearson’s chi-square test, Wilcoxon’s rank sum test, Fisher’s exact test. SD = standard deviation; BMI = body mass index; IQR = interquartile range.