TABLE 6. The Dublin trial Apgar scores and labour duration.

	Auscultation	Monitoring	Auscultation + neurological examination	Monitoring + neurological examination
	(n=2 362)	(n=2 362)	(n=135)	(n=135)
Apgar 1 min.	8.8 ± 1.0	8.7 ± 1.0	7.6 ± 2.4	7.6 ± 2.1
Apgar 5 min.	9.1 ± 0.6	9.1 ± 0.6	8.7 ± 1.1	8.7 ± 1.2
Length of labour	3.5 ± 2.6	4.2 ± 2.6	3.7 ± 2.8	4.9 ± 3.1

Source: Ellison et al. (3).