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Table 3 Comparison of Outcomes in Zinc and Placebo Groups

From: Role of zinc in severe pneumonia: a randomized double bind placebo controlled study

Outcome

Zinc n = 64

Placebo n =53

P

Duration of hospitalization (hours)

73.5 (49.5,107.5)

72 (48.0,87.7)

0.193*

Duration of severe pneumonia (hours)

34.2 (21.0,48.0)

26 (16.0,46.0)

0.219*

Duration of pneumonia (hours)

40 (24,54.2)

43 (18.5,72.0)

0.943*

Duration of nil-per-orally (hours)

10 (0.0,23)

12 (0.0,18)

0.771*

Duration of intravenous fluid (hours)

22.0 (12.0,31.0)

16 (1.5,32.5)

0.258*

Duration of oxygen use (hours)

10 (0.0,22.0)

11.0 (0.0,23.5)

0.684*

Treatment failure requiring 2nd line drugs

14 (21.9%)

15 (28.3%)

0.423**

Treatment failure requiring 3rd line drugs

1 (1.6%)

1 (1.9%)

0.893**

  1. n - Numer of cases, Data are expressed as median, Figures in parentheses indicate interquartile range and percentage.
  2. *Mann Whitney U test, ** Z test.