Research Article
Quality Evaluation of Ethambutol Hydrochloride Tablet Batches Available in Governmental Health Facilities of Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia
Table 4
Tukey’s multiple comparisons test for weight variation of ethambutol hydrochloride tablet batches tested with each other.
| Code for batches | Comparators | Mean difference (code-comparator) | Std. error | Sig. | 95% confidence interval | Lower bound | Lower bound |
| F1-ET001 | F2-ET002 | 0.29 | 0.57 | 0.996 | −1.37 | 1.95 | F3-ET003 | 0.24 | 0.57 | 0.998 | −1.42 | 1.90 | F4-ET004 | 1.06 | 0.57 | 0.439 | −0.60 | 2.72 | F5-ET005 | 0.96 | 0.57 | 0.551 | −0.70 | 2.62 | F6-ET006 | 5.89 | 0.57 | <0.001 | 4.23 | 7.55 |
| F2-ET002 | F3-ET003 | −0.05 | 0.57 | 1.000 | −1.71 | 1.61 | F4-ET004 | 0.77 | 0.573 | 0.760 | −0.89 | 2.43 | F5-ET005 | 0.67 | 0.57 | 0.851 | −0.99 | 2.33 | F6-ET006 | 5.6 | 0.57 | <0.001 | 3.94 | 7.26 |
| F3-ET003 | F4-ET004 | 0.82 | 0.57 | 0.708 | −0.84 | 2.48 | F5-ET005 | 0.72 | 0.57 | 0.808 | −0.94 | 2.38 | F6-ET006 | 5.65 | 0.57 | <0.001 | 3.99 | 7.31 | F5-ET005 | −0.100 | 0.57 | 1.000 | −1.76 | 1.56 |
| F4-ET004 | F6-ET006 | 4.83 | 0.57 | <0.001 | 3.17 | 6.49 | F5-ET005 | F6-ET006 | 4.93 | 0.57 | <0.001 | 3.27 | 6.59 |
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The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level. F: code for health facilities; ET: ethambutol hydrochloride. |