Table 4 Response times to treatment and recurrences of diarrhoea
Number | Mean | 95% confidence interval for mean | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||
Duration of first episode in days | ||||
Both codeine phosphate and loperamide | 15 | 34.3 | -6.8 | 75.5 |
Codeine phosphate | 29 | 20.1 | 11.5 | 28.8 |
Loperamide | 5 | 26.1 | 13.1 | 39.1 |
Episodes per year | ||||
Both codeine phosphate and loperamide | 45 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 8.0 |
Codeine phosphate | 63 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
Loperamide | 16 | 6.5 | -0.7 | 13.7 |