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. 2019 Nov 14;300(6):1805–1812. doi: 10.1007/s00404-019-05340-4

Table 3.

Number of patients with bleeding or spotting by treatment cycle and period

Cycle DRSP 4 mg
n/m (%)
DSG 0.075 mg
n/m (%)
Difference (95% CI) Chi square test p value
Cycle 1 692/765 (90.5) 284/305 (93.1) − 2.66 (− 6.18, 0.87) 0.1657
Cycle 2 482/692 (69.7) 211/285 (74.0) − 4.38 (− 10.5; 1.75) 0.1704
Cycle 3 429/637 (67.3) 160/251 (63.7) 3.60 (− 3.37; 10.58) 0.3064
Cycle 4 390/606 (64.4) 161/244 (66.0) − 1.63 (− 8.69; 5.44) 0.6531
Cycle 5 351/566 (62.0) 118/219 (53.9) 8.13 (0.41; 15.85) 0.0372
Cycle 6 305/530 (57.5) 110/199 (55.3) 2.27 (− 5.82; 10.36) 0.5812
Cycle 7 292/503 (58.1) 91/185 (49.2) 8.86 (0.47; 17.26) 0.0380
Cycle 8 264/468 (56.4) 87/178 (48.9) 7.53 (− 1.07; 16.14) 0.0859
Cycle 9 249/442 (56.3) 73/161 (45.3) 10.99 (2.02; 19.97) 0.0167
Cycles 2–4 421/527 (79.9) 192/222 (86.5) − 6.60 (− 12.3; − 0.95) 0.0324
Cycles 5–7 313/423 (74.0) 106/157 (67.5) 6.48 (− 1.95; 14.91) 0.1216
Cycles 7–9 274/374 (73.3) 93/137 (67.9) 5.38 (− 3.64; 14.39) 0.2312
Cycles 2–6 346/422 (82.0) 152/172 (88.4) − 6.38 (− 12.4; − 0.35) 0.0553
Cycles 2–9 256/305 (83.9) 102/116 (87.9) − 4.00 (− 11.2; 3.22) 0.3044

n number of subjects with data available, m number of subjects in respective cycle, % percentage based on m, CI confidence interval