Oxytocin levels in low-risk primiparas following breast stimulation for spontaneous onset of labor: a quasi-experimental study

Table 2 Details of the comparison of the mean salivary oxytocin levels (pg/mL) between the intervention and control groups (N = 42)

An independent t-test was performed for oxytocin level analyses. Welch’s t-test was conducted when the data had unequal variances. In this table, the assumption of normality was adopted in 9 out of 16 samples. The assumption of normality was possible at baseline and at 75 min on the first day and at 30 min on the third day in both groups
p-value: using the two-tailed t-test
SD Standard deviation

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