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. 2017 May 4;17:82. doi: 10.1186/s12890-017-0425-3

Table 3.

Relationship between number of days that participants are prescribed with traditional NSAIDs and risk of active TB

Risk estimate by different duration category/drug use
Total number of days using traditional NSAIDs Cumulative Incidence (case/person) Fractional Polynomial Disease Risk Score adjusted RR (95% CI)
0-7days (reference) 5.74% NA
7-14 days 8.95% 1.46 (1.34 – 1.59)a
>14 days 9.00% 1.25 (1.04 – 1.49)a

aRefers to result that is statistically significant

RR refers to rate ratio