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TABLE 7. Patient characteristics by treatment group.
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Characteristics
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Prophylactic doxycyclyne
(n=827)
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Placebo
(n=828)
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Lost to follow-up
(n=158)
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p value*
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Age (y)
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25.5**
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25.3
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25.6
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0.51
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Education (y)
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9.5
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9.7
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9.2
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0.02
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Live Births
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2.5
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2.3
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2.4
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0.03
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Spontaneous abortions
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0.2
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0.2
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0.2
|
0.78
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Coital frequency/week
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2.4
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2.4
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2.5
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0.48
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* One-way analysis of variance on the three groups.
** Mean values
Source: Sinei et al. (20).

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Edited by Aldo Campana,
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