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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: At 48 weeks the odds ratio (OR) for suffering an exacerbation favoured moxifloxacin : per-protocol (PP) population (N = 738, OR 0. 75, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0. 565-0. 994, p = 0. 046), intent-to-treat (ITT) population (N = 1149, OR 0. 81, 95 % CI 0. 645-1. 008, p = 0. 059), and a post-hoc analysis of per-protocol (PP) patients with purulent/mucopurulent sputum production at baseline (N = 323, OR 0. 55, 95 % CI 0. 36-0. 84, p = 0. 006).