Parturient on Magnesium Infusion and Its Effectiveness as an Adjuvant Analgesic after Cesarean Delivery: A Retrospective Analysis

Table 1

Patient demographics and pregnancy characteristics in the magnesium and control groups. Data presented as the mean ± standard deviation and as percentage for counts.

	Magnesium group	Control group	P-value
Age (y)	28.5 ± 5.2	27.3 ± 5.4	0.36
Race (White/Other)	12/20 (38% White)	14/18 (44% White)	0.61
(W/B/A/H/Other)	12/9/3/7/1	14/6/4/8/0	0.81
Height (meters)	1.61 ± 0.07	1.63 ± 0.07	0.26
Weight (kg)	96 ± 21	86 ± 15	0.056
Gestational age (weeks)	34.6 ± 3.6	38.9 ± 1.3	<0.001
Primary/repeat	19/13 (59% primary)	10/22 (31% primary)	0.026

W/B/A/H = White/Black/Asian/Hispanic.