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. 2012 Jul;106(3):181–187. doi: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000032

Table 4. Outcome parameters for patients (n = 167) treated with AS and Q, stratified by African versus non-African ethnicity.

African ethnicity (n = 91) Non-African ethnicity (n = 76)
AS n = 18 Q n = 73 AS n = 6 Q n = 70 P mhor (95% CI) P Crude OR (95% CI)
Median length of stay, days (mean±SD) 3 (3.8±2.1) 4 (4.7±2.7) 4.5 (6.2±4.7) 6 (8.1±12.7)
Length of stay ⩾3 days (%) 13 (72%) 63 (86%) 4 (67%) 65 (93%) P = 0.027a mhor = 0.33 (0.1, 0.9) P = 0.013 OR = 0.29 (0.10, 0.82)
Length of stay ⩾5 days (%) 4 (22%) 30 (41%) 3 (50%) 47 (67%) P = 0.090b mhor = 0.43 (0.2, 1.2) P = 0.026 OR = 0.35 (0.14, 0.92)
Median length of stay (ICU), day (mean±SD) 0 (0.4±1.4) 0 (0.6±1.5) 0 (1.3±2.2) 0 (2.6±9.5)
ICU admission (%) 1 (6%) 13 (18%) 2 (33%) 29 (41%) P = 0.219c mhor = 0.44 (0.1, 1.7) P = 0.086 OR = 0.34 (0.10, 1.23)
Death during stay (%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 5 (7%) P>0.05d

Note: Numeric outcome measures; categorical measures examined for confounding effect by ethnicity via Mantel–Haenszel odds ratio (mhor), compared to crude (unstratified) odds ratio (OR).

aPhomogeneity of ORs = 0.401.

bPhomogeneity of ORs = 0.867.

cPhomogeneity of ORs = 0.489.

dPhomogeneity of ORs = not avalable for this calculation.