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- Table 1.
Results for original-raw placentas, uncontaminated-raw and dehydrated placentas, and raw and dehydrated placentas manually contaminated with GBS
TotalGBS(+) Raw GBS(−) Raw
Percentage (%)
GBS(+) Raw
GBS(+) Dehydrated
GBS (−) DehydratedPercentage (%)
GBS(+)
DehydratedOriginal placentas 12 2 10 16.7 / / / Uncontaminated samples 9 0 9 0 0 9 0 Manual contaminated samples 46 46 0 100 14 32 30.4 GBS, group B Streptococcus; −, negative; +, positive.
RR 0.3043 RRR 0.6957 ARR 69.57% 95% CI for RR 0.1966–0.4711 Significance level P < 0.0001 α value α = 0.05 ARR, absolute relative risk; RR, relative risk; RRR, relative risk reduction.