Comparison of the effect of oral and vaginal misoprostol on labor induction: updating a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional studies

Table 2 Comparison of pooled weighted mean difference of induction labor length in oral and vaginal misoprostol groups based on differ doses

Outcomes	Variables	Effect size (hours)		Heterogeneity assessment			Publication bias
Outcomes	Variables	WMD	% 95 CI	I² (%)	Q	P value	B	SE	P value
Induction labor length	Oral misoprostol (50 mg)/Vaginal misoprostol (50 mg)	0.31	0.23; 0.39	44.07	21.00	0.09	0.20	0.09	0.29
	Oral misoprostol (25 mg)/Vaginal misoprostol (25 mg)	0.57	0.39; 0.75	59.14	48.90	0.08	0.59	0.10	0.33
	Oral misoprostol (50 mg)/Vaginal misoprostol (25 mg)	0.48	0.38; 0.58	76.36	5.70	0.05	0.33	0.20	0.73

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