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Table 4 Descriptive statistics for antibiotic associated disability cases

From: Evaluation of disability in patients exposed to fluoroquinolones

  

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

 
  1. Abbreviations: AZ Azithromycin, FQ Fluoroquinolone, ST Sulfamethoxazole / Trimethoprim, UTI Urinary tract infection
  2. 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