Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants (N = 42)
Intervention | Control | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 22) | (n = 20) | ||||
n | % | n | % | ||
Age (years) | 28.8 | [3.8] | 29.3 | [3.7] | 0.714 |
Gestational weeks | 38.8 | [0.4] | 38.8 | [0.5] | 0.955 |
Living with partner | 22 | (100) | 20 | (100) | 1.000 |
Married | 22 | (100) | 20 | (100) | 1.000 |
Education ≥13 years | 18 | (81.8) | 17 | (85.0) | 1.000 |
Due date confirmed by USG ≤ 12 gw | 21 | (95.5) | 19 | (95.0) | 1.000 |
Fetal gender (boy) | 12 | (54.5) | 13 | (65.0) | 0.491 |
Had contact with children | 5 | (22.7) | 4 | (20.0) | 1.000 |
Taking medicine | 6 | (27.3) | 5 | (25.0) | 0.867 |
Oral injury | 1 | (4.5) | 0 | 0.0 | 1.000 |
Oxytocin receptor polymorphisms | |||||
rs53576 (GG) | 2 | (9.5) | 2 | (11.8) | 1.000 |
rs2254298 (GG) | 10 | (47.6) | 8 | (47.0) | 0.976 |