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Table 3 Duration of syndromes not treated with antibiotics

From: Incidence, healthcare-seeking behaviours, antibiotic use and natural history of common infection syndromes in England: results from the Bug Watch community cohort study

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)

  1. CI Confidence interval, IQR Interquartile range, sd Standard deviation
  2. aNumber of syndromes used to estimate duration (excludes syndromes treated with antibiotics)
  3. bAge standardised
  4. cBased on results from log-logistic models (see Additional File 1)