Characteristic | Prelabour CS (SD) | Labour CS (SD) | Significance |
Target strain | 0.28 (0.15) | 0.24 (0.14) | t = 2.12, p = 0.04 |
Reference strain | 0.40 (0.20) | 0.39 (0.28) | t = 0.23, p = 0.82 |
Strain ratio | 1.45 (0.34) | 1.55 (0.33) | t = −2.42, p = 0.02 |