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 batchesComparatorsMean difference (code-comparator)Std. errorSig.95% confidence interval
Lower boundLower bound

F1-ET001F2-ET0020.290.570.996−1.371.95
F3-ET0030.240.570.998−1.421.90
F4-ET0041.060.570.439−0.602.72
F5-ET0050.960.570.551−0.702.62
F6-ET0065.890.57<0.0014.237.55

F2-ET002F3-ET003−0.050.571.000−1.711.61
F4-ET0040.770.5730.760−0.892.43
F5-ET0050.670.570.851−0.992.33
F6-ET0065.60.57<0.0013.947.26

F3-ET003F4-ET0040.820.570.708−0.842.48
F5-ET0050.720.570.808−0.942.38
F6-ET0065.650.57<0.0013.997.31
F5-ET005−0.1000.571.000−1.761.56

F4-ET004F6-ET0064.830.57<0.0013.176.49
F5-ET005F6-ET0064.930.57<0.0013.276.59

The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level. F: code for health facilities; ET: ethambutol hydrochloride.