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Table 3 Mean time to negative sputum smear among groups in days

From: Treatment outcomes of fixed-dose combination versus separate tablet regimens in pulmonary tuberculosis patients with or without diabetes in Qatar

Patients groups

FDC, mean ± SD (n)

ST, mean ± SD (n)

p-valuea

All patients

29.9 ± 18.3 (90)

35.6 ± 23 (58)

0.12

Diabetic

31 ± 12 (19)

49.4 ± 30.9 (14)

0.05

Non-diabetics

29.6 ± 19.7 (71)

31.2 ± 18.2 (44)

0.67

Smokers

26.6 ± 11.3 (40)

35.8 ± 22.9 (11)

0.22

  1. FDC fixed-dose combination, ST separate tablets, NS non-significant
  2. aUsing independent t-test
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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