Table 2.11, Cohort studies of elective induction of labor versus spontaneous labor in multiparous women: Other neonatal outcomes - Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Elective Induction of Labor

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Study	Sample Size		Birthweight >4000 grams %	Birthweight <2500 grams %	Median birthweight in grams (range)	Apgar score <7 at 5 minutes %	UAph<7.1 %

	SL Group	EIOL Group
Vierhout et al.⁷⁵ and Out et al.^116, ¹¹⁷	156	184	NR	NR	SL= 3486 (2710–4540) EIOL= 3468 (2530–4410)	SL=1.74 EIOL=2.44	SL=4.35 EIOL=4.88
Yeast et al.⁵⁰	4086	197	SL=11.1 EIOL=7.8 (P<0.05)	SL=1.4 EIOL=0.6 (P<0.05)	NR	SL=0.7 EIOL=0.0 (P<0.05)	NR

: SL=spontaneous labor; EIOL=elective induction of labor group; NR=not reported; if an individual article reported P-values for a specific outcome, those P-values have been shown in the table.

Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Elective Induction of Labor.

Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 176.

Caughey AB, Sundaram V, Kaimal AJ, et al.

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