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. 2020 Jun 3;21:40. doi: 10.1186/s40360-020-00415-4

Table 4.

Descriptive statistics for antibiotic associated disability cases

FQ AD AZ/ST AD
N = 264 N = 243
Count % Count %
Age Mean (sd) 48.5 (8.2) 48.8 (8.7)
Median 49 51
Range 26–64 24–64
18–29 years 5 1.9 6 2.5
30–59 years 238 90.2 218 89.7
> = 60 years 21 8.0 19 7.8
Gender Female 146 55.3 152 62.6
Male 118 44.7 91 37.4
Non-UTI Casesa Total 164 62.1 207 85.2
Female 73 44.5 122 58.9
Male 91 55.5 85 41.1
Indication Sinusitis 97 33.1 96 35.3
Bronchitis 50 17.1 100 36.8
Cystitis/UTI 100 34.1 36 13.2
Sinusitis/bronchitis 15 5.1 9 3.3
Bronchitis/UTI 2 0.7 2 0.7
Days to AE Onset Mean (sd) 9.7 (7.1) 10.5 (7.8)
Median 8 8
Range 1–30 1–29
1–2 days 41 15.5 38 15.6
3–4 days 33 12.5 29 11.9
5–10 days 88 33.3 77 31.7
> 10 days 102 38.6 99 40.7
Days to Confirmatory Diagnosis Mean (sd) 46.7 (16.0) 49.0 (16.0)
Range 30–90 days Median 42 44

Abbreviations: AZ Azithromycin, FQ Fluoroquinolone, ST Sulfamethoxazole / Trimethoprim, UTI Urinary tract infection

aThe count of Non-UTI cases includes indications for bronchitis and sinusitis. When these indications occurred in combination with UTI, they were included in this count