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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Cyst Fibros. 2012 Mar 23;11(4):293–299. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2012.02.005

Table 3.

Use of other therapies before and after the index date

Variable Group Before Exclusion Period, Mean (SE) After Exclusion Period, Mean (SE) p* p*
Oral antibiotics (percent of encounters) MARPA+ MARPA- 5.87% (0.4%) 7.37% (0.33%) 18.43% (0.97%) 18.18% (0.57%) <0.001 <0.001 0.14
Inhaled antibiotics (percent of encounters) MARPA+ MARPA- 22.46% (0.76%) 18.80% (0.45%) 39.54% (1.05%) 36.75% (0.65%) <0.001 <0.001 0.44
Oral corticosteroids (percent of encounters) MARPA+ MARPA- 13.86% (0.82%) 10.49% (0.46%) 15.89% (0.92%) 11.98% (0.50%) 0.016 0.002 0.58
Enteral supplements (percent of encounters) MARPA+ MARPA- 12.19% (1.01%) 7.41% (0.51%) 18.69% (1.18%) 11.85% (0.64%) <0.001 <0.001 0.051
Insulin/oral hypoglycemic (percent of encounters) MARPA+ MARPA- 0.12% (0.05%) 0.19% (0.04%) 4.08% (0.53%) 3.51% (0.33%) <0.001 <0.001 0.28
Dornase alfa (percent of encounters) MARPA+ MARPA- 75.70% (1.18%) 65.62% (0.83%) 80.75% (1.06%) 74.65% (0.75%) <0.001 <0.001 0.002
Oxygen (percent of patients ever) MARPA+ MARPA- 17.37% (1.14%) 8.09% (0.48%) 29.43% (1.37%) 15.66% (0.64%) <0.001 <0.001 0.002

SE, standard error.

*

Compares before to after within MARPA group.

*

Compares difference between MARPA groups.