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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Mar;39(3):204–210. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002524

Table 2.

Laboratory and clinical outcomes during and seven days after clindamycin therapy. Values given are odds ratios and 95% confidence interval estimates.

Continuous Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Quartile 4
Laboratory adverse event
 AUCcum 1.01 (0.98–1.03) Ref 0.77 (0.60–0.98) 0.83 (0.63–1.08) 1.05 (0.75–1.47)
 Maximum Cmax 1.02 (0.99–1.05) Ref 0.97 (0.78–1.21) 1.04 (0.84–1.30) 1.15 (0.92–1.44)
Sepsis
 AUCcum 0.99 (0.95–1.03) Ref 0.82 (0.56–1.21) 0.60 (0.39–0.91) 0.56 (0.34–0.93)
 Maximum Cmax 0.99 (0.94–1.04) Ref 0.73 (0.50–1.06) 0.80 (0.55–1.17) 0.83 (0.57–1.20)
NEC
 AUCcum 1.00 (0.95–1.04) Ref 1.40 (0.82–2.40) 1.36 (0.78–2.37) 1.95 (1.04–3.63)
 Maximum Cmax 1.05 (1.00–1.10) Ref 1.33 (0.84–2.09) 1.23 (0.77–1.96) 1.52 (0.96–2.42)
Intestinal perforation
 AUCcum 0.97 (0.91–1.04) Ref 1.45 (0.48–4.42) 2.17 (0.76–6.19) 2.23 (0.72–6.91)
 Maximum Cmax 0.99 (0.89–1.10) Ref 0.64 (0.30–1.39) 0.88 (0.42–1.83) 0.74 (0.34–1.59)
Seizures
 AUCcum 1.02 (0.95–1.10) Ref 0.96 (0.44–2.07) 0.88 (0.39–2.02) 1.02 (0.38–2.73)
 Maximum Cmax 1.02 (0.94–1.12) Ref 0.62 (0.29–1.31) 0.67 (0.32–1.38) 1.07 (0.56–2.06)
Stricture
 AUCcum 0.84 (0.63–1.13) Ref 6.87 (0.14–346.96) 8.60 (0.31–241.72) -
 Maximum Cmax 0.73 (0.39–1.35) Ref 0.31 (0.03–3.49) - 0.35 (0.03–4.18)

AUCcum indicates total area under the curve during entire course (mcg*h/100mL); Cmax: maximum concentration (mcg/mL)