Table 1

Maternal age, neonatal birth weight and duration of the second stage of labor in three study groups.

Lateral episiotomy group (n ​= ​117)

Traditional midwifery without episiotomy group (n ​= ​103)

Hands-off techniques delivery group (n ​= ​100)

t

P-value

Age (years)

30.74 ​± ​3.161

30.70 ​± ​3.143

30.61 ​± ​3.236

0.042

0.959

Neonatal birthweight (g)

3267.61 ​± ​453.168

3281.55 ​± ​366.795

3252.20 ​± ​456.038

0.119

0.888

Duration of the second stage of labor (min)

47.94 ​± ​27.557

53.74 ​± ​36.798

43.49 ​± ​24.757

2.967

0.053