Foley

(n = 49)

Misoprostol

(n = 79)

p Value

Maternal age, mean (±SD), y

30.0 (5.6)

32.4 (4.8)

0.012

Nulliparous, n (%)

40 (81.6)

77 (97.5)

0.003

Ethnic origin

Western European, n (%)

Other, n (%)

Unknown, n (%)

38 (77.6)

9 (18.4)

2 (4.1)

56 (70.9)

23 (29.1)

0 (0.0)

0.273

Pregestational BMI, median (IQR)

25.8 (23.0, 29.6)

22.8 (20.8, 25.8)

<0.001

Gestational age at PROM, median (IQR), d

277 (271, 285)

274 (266, 282)

0.285

Gestational age at birth, median (IQR), d

280 (274, 288)

278 (270, 285)

0.344

Foetal presentation

Cephalic, n (%)

Breech, n (%)

48 (98.0)

1 (2.0)

79 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0.383

Baseline cervical dilation, median (IQR), cm

1.0 (0.0, 1.0)

1.0 (0.0, 1.0)

0.709

Culture-proven GBS colonisation, n (%)

8 (16.3)

12 (15.2)

0.987