Comparison of the incidence of fetal prolonged deceleration after induction of labor analgesia between dural puncture epidural and combined spinal epidural technique: a pilot study

Table 1 Demographic characteristics

	DPE(n = 151)	CSEA(n = 151)	P-value
Age (yr)	34.0 ± 3.9	34.0 ± 4.6	0.9574
Height (cm)	159.5 ± 5.9	159.2 ± 5.2	0.6884
Weight (kg)	63.3 ± 8.2	63.3 ± 8.7	0.9892
Gestational age (wk)	40.0 ± 1.0	40.1 ± 0.9	0.3863
NRS at induction	8 [7–9]	8 [7–9]	0.2396
Status at induction
Cervical dilation (cm)	4 [3–4]	3 [3–4]	0.7631
Cervical effacement (%)	60[50–70]	60[50–70]	0.1753
Fetal station	-2[(-3)-(-2)]	-2[(-3)-(-2)]	0.0599
Use of uterotonics at induction (%)	28(18.5)	23(15.2)	0.4425

Values are mean ± standard deviation, median [interquartile range], or n (%). P-values were obtained by Student’s t-test (Satterthwaite), Mann–Whitney U test, or chi-square test. P < 0.05 was considered significant for all outcome comparisons. DPE, dural puncture epidural; CSEA, combined spinal epidural analgesia; NRS, numeric rating scale

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