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. 2002 Aug;40(8):2959–2963. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.2959-2963.2002

TABLE 2.

Relationships between local rates of M phenotype erythromycin resistance among S. pyogenes isolates and consumption of macrolides in Spain

Test Variable R Pa R2 Constant B (slope) Equation
Bivariate correlations Total macrolides 0.527 0.032**
TID 0.310 0.145 (NS)
BID 0.611 0.417 (NS)
OD 0.711 0.081*
Simple linear regression Total macrolides 0.006 0.678 −58 26 y = 26x − 58
a

∗∗, statistically significant; ∗, trend towards statistical significance; NS, not significant.