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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2012 Oct 24;162(3):522–529. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.08.055

Table 2.

Infants’ sweat test timing by sweat test center groupings

Sweat Test Site Grouping Intervention Group
(N = 286)
Non-intervention Group
(N = 329)
n (%) n (%)
Academic Medical Centers 220 (77.0) 248 (75.4)
 Age (days) at sweat test
  average (SD; 95% CI) 31.8 (33.8; 27.6-36.0) 32.5 (33.8; 28.3-36.7)
  median (range) 22 (8-294) 22 (8-334)
 Got a timely sweat test (<8 weeks)
  n (%) 195 (88.6) 216 (87.1)
Community-Affiliated Medical Centers 63 (22.0) 75 (22.8)
 Age (days) at sweat test
  average (SD; 95% CI) 30.7 (19.0; 26.0-35.4) 40.9 (42.1; 31.4-50.4)
  median (range) 27 (10-138) 23 (11-198)
Got a timely sweat test (<8 weeks)
  n (%) 59 (93.7)** 58 (77.3)

Compared with infants who got a sweat test at an age ≥8 weeks and infants who did not get a sweat test.

**

Statistically significant difference (p=0.010, χ2)