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CHARACTERISTICS OF NORMAL LABOUR AMONG DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS IN MALAYSIA
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12661.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 84, Issue 8, pages 600–604, August 1977
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Lim, M. A., Wong, W. P. and Sinnathuray, T. A. (1977), CHARACTERISTICS OF NORMAL LABOUR AMONG DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS IN MALAYSIA. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 84: 600–604. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12661.x
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Summary
The characteristics of normal labour in 977 Malay, Chinese and Indian parturients were established from a retrospective study. Indian babies were found to be significantly smaller than Malay babies which were significantly smaller than Chinese babies (P≤0·05, P≤0·05). The mean duration of the first stage of labour taken from the time of admission to the labour ward was 3·4 hours in primiparae and 2·7 hours in multiparae. The mean durations of the second stage of labour were 23·7 minutes and 13·1 minutes respectively. Curves of mean dilatation of cervix and probit analysis at 80 per cent revealed significant differences in the progress of normal labour in primiparae among the three racial groups. The Indian primiparae not only had a slower rate of cervical dilatation but seemed to reach the accelerated phase of dilatation later. No significant differences were noticed in the labours of multiparae.