Table 3.
Duration of syndromes not treated with antibiotics
| Infection syndrome | Number of syndromesa (Total 1286) |
Crude | Adjusted for right-censoringc | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (IQR) days duration | Mean (sd) days duration | Median (IQR) days duration | Mean (95% CI) days duration | ||
| Respiratory tractb | 762 | 6 (3–11) | 9·8 (13·1) | 6·8 (3·8–12·1) | 11·2 (9·5–13·2) |
| Gastrointestinal | 220 | 3 (1–7) | 8·1 (21·5) | 3·1 (1·5–6·4) | 7·1 (5·3–9·4) |
| Mouth/Dental | 111 | 6 (3–10) | 9·6 (17·9) | 5·8 (3·3–10·3) | 9·5 (7·4–12·1) |
| Skin/Soft tissue | 86 | 6 (3–9) | 11·7 (19·9) | 5·6 (2·6–12·3) | 15·9 (8·8–28·7) |
| Eye | 56 | 6 (3–10) | 14·4 (29·2) | 7·5 (3·7–15·1) | 16·7 (9·3–29·9) |
| Urinary tract | 51 | 3 (2–6) | 5·9 (8·3) | 3·6 (2·1–6·2) | 5·6 (4·0–8·0) |
CI Confidence interval, IQR Interquartile range, sd Standard deviation
aNumber of syndromes used to estimate duration (excludes syndromes treated with antibiotics)
bAge standardised
cBased on results from log-logistic models (see Additional File 1)