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Table 3 Cumulative incidence of infant skin and soft tissue infections at 3 months by study arm

From: The safety and efficacy of a single dose of oral azithromycin given in labour to prevent skin and soft tissue infections in young infants in Fiji: a randomised controlled trial

 

Azithromycin n*/N (%; 95 CI)

Placebo

N*/N (%; 95 CI)

Risk ratio

(95% CI)

p-value

Risk difference (%)

(95% CI)

p-value

ITT analyses

ITT population (complete case analysis), n = 1671

47/816 (5.8; 4.4–7.6)

67/855 (7.8; 6.2–9.8)

0.73 (0.51–1.06)

0.098

 − 2.1 (− 4.5–0.4)

0.094

ITT population (multiple imputation), n = 2122

(6.4; 4.6–8.2), N = 1059

8.1 (6.3–10.0), N = 1063

0.79 (0.54–1.13)

0.20

 − 1.7 (− 4.3–0.9)

0.19

PP analyses

PP population (complete case analysis), n = 908

22/435 (5.1; 3.3–7.6)

36/473 (7.6; 5.5–10.4)

0.66 (0.40–1.11)

0.12

 − 2.1 (− 4.5–0.4)

0.094

PP population (multiple imputation), n = 1043

(5.6; 3.3–7.8), N = 510

(7.7; 5.3–10.1),

N = 533

0.72 (0.43–1.19)

0.20

 − 2.2 (− 5.4–1.1)

0.19

  1. Acronyms: ITT Intention-to-treat, PP Per-protocol, CI Confidence interval
  2. *numerator not provided for multiple imputation