Baseline and demographic characteristics for the intention to treat (ITT) populations in the two treatment groups (mean (SD) or frequency (%))
| Characteristic | Moxifloxacin (n = 378) | Ofloxacin plus metronidazole (n = 363) | p Value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| *From Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test (categorical values) or ANOVA (continuous variables) stratified by region. | |||
| †Patients from South Africa of mixed race. | |||
| ‡Test based on all possible outcomes. | |||
| §Missing information in one patient of each group; 62/68 positive syphilis test findings were from South Africa. | |||
| Race | |||
| White | 230 (61%) | 212 (58%) | 0.646 |
| Black | 114 (30%) | 109 (30%) | |
| Asian | 2 (1%) | 4 (1%) | |
| Hispanic | 1 (<1%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Uncodable† | 31 (8%) | 38 (10%) | |
| Age (years; mean (SD)) | 30.1 (8.4) | 30.5 (8.5) | 0.408 |
| Body mass index | 24.3 (5.0) | 24.1 (5.0) | 0.389 |
| Previous pregnancies | 240 (63%) | 255 (70%) | 0.066 |
| Previous abortions | 98 (26%) | 108 (30%) | 0.900‡ |
| Use of birth control | 322 (85%) | 323 (89%) | 0.153 |
| Regular vaginal douching | 20 (5%) | 19 (5%) | 0.948 |
| Syphilis test§ | |||
| Negative | 348 (92%) | 323 (89%) | 0.195 |
| Positive | 29 (8%) | 39 (11%) | |