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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Women indicating that they had been in labour for 24hours or longer at the time of hospital admission were at elevated risk for cesarean birth, relative risk (RR) 1. 40, (95 % Confidence Intervals 1. 15-1. 72), admission with a cervical dilation of 3cm or less, RR 1. 21 (1. 07-1. 36), more obstetrical interventions including continuous electronic fetal monitoring RR 1. 11 (1. 03-1. 20), augmentation of labour RR 1. 33 (1. 23-1. 44), use of narcotic RR 1. 21 (1. 06-1. 37) and epidural analgesia RR 1. 18 (1. 09-1. 28).