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Table 2 Measure of association of incidence of infection with significant general characteristics

From: Antibiotic prophylaxis for caesarean section at a Ugandan hospital: a randomised clinical trial evaluating the effect of administration time on the incidence of postoperative infections

Variable

Measure of association

 
 

Crude RR (95% CI)

Adjusted RR (95% CI)*

P value

Overall infections

0.77 (0.62–0.97)

0.78 (0.62–0.97)

0.029

Pfannenstiel incision

0.90 (0.72–1.12)

0.93 (0.74–1.15)

0.503

General anaesthesia

0.98 (0.75–1.26)

1.01 (0.78–1.32)

0.918

  1. *Adjusted for Overall infections, Pfannenstiel incision and general anaesthesia.
  2. RR, risk ratio; CI, confidence interval.
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