Journal of Clinical Gynecology and Obstetrics, ISSN 1927-1271 print, 1927-128X online, Open Access
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Volume 12, Number 3, December 2023, pages 84-87


Association of Labor and Lactate Levels

Figure

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Serum lactic acid vs. hours of labor at time of lab collection.

Table

Table 1. Comparison of Means Between the Non-Septic and Septic Groups
 
Non-septic (n = 32), mean (SD)Septic (n = 30), mean (SD)95% CIP-value
*Significant P-values. BMI: body mass index; CI: confidence interval; SD: standard deviation.
Serum lactic acid2.02 (1.17)3.41 (2.27)(-2.32, -0.45)0.0047*
BMI36.68 (5.21)34.91 (5.09)(-0.85, 4.39)0.1811
Hours of labor8.29 (5.99)9.18 (6.28)(-4.01, 2.24)0.5717
Age27.31 (6.16)26.33 (3.54)(-1.56, 3.52)0.4430
Gravida2.31 (1.91)2.37 (1.92)(-1.03, 0.92)0.9117
Para0.625 (1.45)0.633 (1.03)(-0.65, 0.63)0.9792