Table 4.
Treatment | Number of treatments | Mean treatments per person | Mean treatments per 50 visitsa | Incidence ratiob (95% CI) | P value | |||
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Iron | Control | Iron | Control | Iron | Control | |||
Pregnant | n = 163 | n = 152 | Visits = 6907 | Visits = 6235 | ||||
Antibiotics | 92 | 73 | 0.564 | 0.480 | 0.666 | 0.585 | 1.14 (0.84–1.55) | 0.411 |
Anti-fungalsc | 16 | 15 | 0.098 | 0.099 | 0.116 | 0.120 | 0.96 (0.47–1.95) | 0.916 |
Analgesics | 107 | 107 | 0.656 | 0.704 | 0.775 | 0.858 | 0.90 (0.69–1.18) | 0.454 |
Non-pregnant | n = 426 | n = 451 | Visits =26473 | Visits =27633 | ||||
Antibiotics | 331 | 284 | 0.777 | 0.630 | 0.625 | 0.514 | 1.22 (1.04–1.43) | 0.015 |
Anti-fungalsc | 39 | 21 | 0.092 | 0.047 | 0.074 | 0.038 | 1.94 (1.14–3.30) | 0.014 |
Analgesics | 481 | 421 | 1.129 | 0.933 | 0.908 | 0.762 | 1.19 (1.05–1.36) | 0.008 |
aMean number of visits: 42 in pregnant and 63 in non-pregnant
bIncidence ratio was computed using Poisson regression with the number of visits as the exposure period
cMore than 90% of vaginal pessaries prescribed for genital tract infections